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08.20.19

Could Next Year Be The Beginning Of The End Of Traditional Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance?

Manatt’s Michael Kolber, a partner with Manatt Health, wrote for The Hill on a new rule from the IRS allowing employers to give employees pretax compensation to buy individual marketplace health insurance, and this rule’s potential impact on the healthcare industry. 


08.19.19

Latest From the Tech Tonics Podcast: Navigating the Healthcare Highway With Megan Callahan, Lyft’s ...

Manatt’s Lisa Suennen, leader of the firm’s digital and technology group and its venture capital fund, spoke with Megan Callahan, head of healthcare at Lyft, for her podcast Tech Tonics.


08.06.19

Columns: Stray Dancing

“The narrowing of issues and limitation to original theories and arguments as a case ascends the appellate ladder would seem to be a bedrock principle. And yet … We wouldn’t be raising this general proposition at all unless there were exceptions.”  


08.05.19

Latest Tech Tonics Episode: Recursion’s Chris Gibson – Free Range Innovator

Manatt’s Lisa Suennen, leader of the firm’s digital and technology group, spoke with Recursion Pharmaceuticals co-founder Chris Gibson for her podcast, Tech Tonics, on his biotechnology company and his vision for its future.


07.30.19

Supreme Court: Ban on Immoral/Scandalous Trademarks Held Unconstitutional

In Iancu v. Brunetti,1 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a federal ban on the registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks like FUCT (pronounced as F-U-C-T) violated the First Amendment. By a 6–3 vote, the Court ruled that the ban was unconstitutional because it discriminated based on ...


07.25.19

Takeaways From Regulators’ Digital Asset Custody Statement

Manatt’s Brian Korn, leader of the firm’s fintech group, wrote for Law360 on  recent public statements issued by regulators in an effort to control risks seen with cryptocurrency and digital assets, and how this could impact brokers, broker-applicants and others in the crypto ...


07.24.19

Industry Voices—4 Lessons To Develop And Implement A System Telehealth Strategy

 Manatt’s Benjamin Chu, a senior advisor with Manatt Health, and Jared Augenstein, a senior manager with Manatt Health, wrote a piece for FierceHealthcare on the components of a successful telehealth program. 


07.22.19

New Tech Tonics Episode: Sumit Nagpal, At the Crossroads of Tech and Healthcare

Manatt’s Lisa Suennen, leader of the firm’s digital and technology group, spoke with healthcare entrepreneur Sumit Nagpal for her podcast Tech Tonics on technology as a key driver of innovation, and how that impacts the health industry.


07.10.19

Supreme Court: Government Not a ‘Person’ and Cannot File Invalidity Petition

In Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service,1 in a 6-to-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held a federal agency is not a “person” authorized to petition for review of the validity of a patent, and therefore a federal agency cannot utilize the three types of administrative review proceedings ...


07.02.19

Columns: Appellate Me Too!

“Sorry for the bait-and-switch title, but this article is not about what you probably think it’s going to be about. Rather, we’re here to discuss when is it appropriate to ride someone else’s coattails in appellate proceedings.”