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01.27.16

Key Health Insurance Co-Ops Issues Needing to Be Addressed

Healthcare Dive quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, regarding the status of health insurance co-ops, which were spotlighted at a recent Senate meeting devoted to shoring up the co-ops that continue in the marketplace.Ario cites risk corridor payments and risk ...


01.25.16

Manatt Receives M&A Advisor Turnaround Award

The M&A Advisor has named Manatt the winner of its Restructuring Deal of the Year ($100M-$250M) Award, one of the organization's 2016 Turnaround Awards, for the firm's representation of Finance and Thrift Company (F&T) in its reverse merger into Pan American Bank. Manatt's ...


01.25.16

Bay Area Offices and Pro Bono Director Honored

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area has selected Manatt's San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices, as well as Partner & Director of Pro Bono Services Scot Fishman, to receive its 2016 James T. Caleshu Award for the firm's outstanding work to ...


01.22.16

Tiered Health Plans Stir Controversy in NJ

Politico quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the controversial tiered health plans in New Jersey, known as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's OMNIA plans. A recent focus of debate in New Jersey has been over the new tiered plans ...


01.21.16

VW Faces up to $18B for Cheating Emissions

The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Craig Moyer, chair of the firm's Land, Environment and Natural Resources practice, for an article on the penalties that Volkswagen AG faces for its cheating emissions scandal. In addition to numerous civil suits, Volkswagen faces up to $18 billion in ...


01.18.16

Estates Profit off Keeping Artists' Work Alive

The Washington Post interviewed Manatt's Gary Gilbert, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment and Media practice, for an article on how musicians' estates maintain revenue streams by keeping the artists' work alive.The Washington Post reports that David Bowie's popularity and ...


01.13.16

Class Certification Motion Defeated in TCPA Complaint

Manatt litigators, led by partner Robert H. Platt at trial and partner Benjamin G Shatz on appeal, secured a major victory for client Network Telephone Services, Inc. (NTS), on Jan. 12, 2016, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, against a plaintiff seeking to pursue a putative nationw


01.11.16

Medicaid Concerns Loom Large in Election Year

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Expansion Remains Prominent in 2016

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


01.06.16

CMS Proposes Medicaid Coverage for Rehab

NPR interviewed Manatt's Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on a CMS proposal to cover 15 days of inpatient rehab per month for anyone enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan. For decades, people on Medicaid who wanted to get treated for alcohol or drug ...