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07.17.17

L.A. Judge Compels Arbitration for Class Suing Toyota

The Daily Journal covered Manatt’s successful representation of Toyota Motor Corporation’s financial arm in a case challenging its lending calculations. Judge Ann I. Jones of the Los Angeles County Superior Court has ruled that class members seeking relief over alleged illegal lease ...


07.10.17

Family Gets Day in Court to Recover Nazi-Confiscated Art

The Los Angeles Times covered the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit’s decision in favor of the heirs of a Jewish family whose great-grandmother had been forced by the Nazis into “selling” a painting by the renowned Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. Manatt filed an amicus ...


06.22.17

TCPA Cases More Likely to Be Litigated Following Court Decision

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Christine Reilly, chair of the firm’s TCPA compliance and class action defense practice, for an article on the Seventh Circuit’s decision to add to limitations that companies face when making offers of full relief to individual plaintiffs in TCPA class ...


06.22.17

Second Circuit’s TCPA Ruling a Big Win for Defense Bar

The New York Law Journal interviewed Manatt’s Christine Reilly, chair of the firm’s TCPA compliance and class action defense practice, for an article on the Second Circuit’s decision that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not allow consumers to demand that they stop ...


06.16.17

Key Ways Escobar Is Being Applied One Year Later

Law360 quoted Manatt’s Jacqueline Wolff, co-chair of the firm’s corporate investigations and white collar defense practice, for an article on how the Supreme Court’s decision in Universal Health Services v. Escobar has impacted False Claims Act litigation.   As the ...


06.15.17

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Dignity Health

In an important victory for Manatt client Dignity Health and other faith-based hospital systems across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of the healthcare provider-petitioners on June 5, 2017, in Rollins v. Dignity Health.   The Supreme Court’s ...


04.14.17

TCPA ‘Pick Off’ Defense Strategy Still Debated Nationwide

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Christine Reilly, co-chair of the firm’s TCPA compliance and class action defense practice, for an article about implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez.The court ruled that an unaccepted offer of full relief to individual ...


04.11.17

Dignity Health Plays Supportive Role in Major Victory for CA Hospitals

The Daily Journal covered Manatt’s role in a victory for California hospitals in the state Supreme Court. Barry Landsberg, a partner in the firm’s healthcare litigation practice, argued on behalf of Dignity Health, an amicus supporter of defendant Kindred Healthcare Inc. in the case ...


04.07.17

CA Cap-And-Trade May See More Challenges

Law360 quoted Manatt’s Craig Moyer, co-chair of the firm’s energy practice, for an article about the status of California’s cap-and-trade program following a victory in a state appeals court. A Third Appellate District panel has found that auction revenues are not taxes under the ...


04.03.17

Discussion of Ninth Circuit Split Resurfaces

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, for an article about a renewed proposal to split apart the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.Critics have long set their sights on the Ninth Circuit—the largest by geographic span, ...