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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 ...


06.12.17

Republican Senators Debate Medicaid Expansion Phase-Out

Inside Health Policy quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the similarities between Republican senators’ debate over the phase-out of Medicaid expansion funding in the American Health Care Act and Democrats’ decision to write the expansion ...


06.08.17

WILEF Certifies Manatt for Seventh Straight Year

For the seventh consecutive year, the Women in Law Empowerment Forum has awarded Manatt its Gold Standard Certificate, which distinguishes the law firms that have integrated women lawyers into the highest leadership positions. Manatt is one of only 44 firms to receive the certification and is one ...


06.08.17

Dish TCPA Decision Is Significant for Its Holding

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Christine Reilly, chair of the firm’s TCPA compliance and class action defense practice, for an article on the record $280 million penalty Dish Network incurred in a suit brought by the FTC and several states over millions of unlawful telemarketing ...


06.07.17

Tribal Consultations: A Lesson From the Standing Rock Dispute

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Craig Moyer, co-chair of the firm’s energy practice, for an article on why energy infrastructure developers should consider reaching out and ironing out potential disputes with Native American tribes early on in a project.  Law360 reports that although ...


06.07.17

Senate Vote Could Lead to Thousands of Iowans Losing Coverage

The Gazette quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on why Iowa’s hospital executives, who recently gathered for the Iowa Hospital Association’s Summer Leadership Forum, are expressing worry over the future of Medicaid.   The publication ...


06.05.17

Legal 500 US Recognizes Manatt Practices Among Top in Nation

Manatt has received nine national practice area rankings in the newly released 2017 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Additionally, two Manatt partners—Robert Belfort and Lindsay Conner—were recognized in the elite "Leading Lawyers" list for their areas.  The Legal ...


06.05.17

Alaska’s Health Insurance Plan Could Be Hard to Copy

CQ Magazine quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on how Alaska was able to keep its health insurance premiums low at a time when nearly every state was seeing their ACA rates jump.   The publication reports that Alaska successfully put in ...


06.02.17

Utilities Still Feel Pressure to Cut Carbon, Despite Paris Drop-Out

Utility Dive interviewed Manatt’s Craig Moyer, co-chair of the firm’s energy practice, for an article on President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, leaving the U.S. as only one of three nations unwilling to sign onto the international agreement. Regardless ...