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07.24.20

Manatt Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of HFMA Challenging HHS Hospital Price Disclosure Rule

On July 24, 2020, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) hospital price disclosure rule, which places onerous, sweeping obligations on health systems to ...


07.22.20

Dworkowitz Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Additional Changes to Substance Use Record Sharing Law

Manatt Health partner Alexander Dworkowitz spoke with Bloomberg Law on the additional changes HHS is expected to issue following changes Congress made through the CARES Act to align the recently passed 42 CFR Part 2 law with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In the article, ...


07.20.20

Twitter Chat Q&A: Investing in Medicaid IT Amid COVID-19

Medicaid information technology (IT) has proven to be an essential tool to support access to health coverage, and the safe and effective evaluation, testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients nationwide.


07.19.20

Bromley Quoted in NBC News on COVID-19 Support for Gig Workers and Freelancers Under the PUA

Leader of Manatt’s entertainment transactions and finance practice Jordan Bromley spoke with NBC News about the number of gig workers and freelancers that do not qualify for aid under the CARES Act’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program because they received some income ...


07.17.20

Lashway Quoted in Law360 on the Recent Schrems II Decision

Co-leader of Manatt’s privacy and data security practice Scott Lashway spoke with Law360 about the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent decision in the Schrems II case, which struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as a method of transferring personal data from the ...


07.16.20

Manatt Represents A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners in $20 Million At-the-Market Offering for FSD Phar

Thomas Poletti and Katherine Blair, partners in Manatt’s capital markets practice, represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners as sales agent in a $20 million at-the-market offering of Class B Subordinate Voting Shares of FSD Pharma Inc..


07.16.20

Manatt Represented the Owners of Treasure Studios and CoComelon in its Nine-Figure Sale to Moonbug E

Manatt represented the owners of Treasure Studios and CoComelon, the #1 most-watched YouTube channel in the world (with an average of 3.5 billion views per month), in the sale of these platforms to U.K.-based Moonbug Entertainment. This transaction includes the purchase of ownership rights to the ...


07.14.20

Variety Names Seven Manatt Partners to 2020 Legal Impact Report

Variety named seven Manatt Entertainment partners to its 2020 Legal Impact Report, an annual list that highlights the top attorneys in the entertainment business and the major deals they were involved in over the past year. This year’s list includes Manatt Entertainment Leader Lindsay Conner ...


07.14.20

Manatt Advised Lowe Enterprises on Opportunity Zone Joint Venture with Related Fund Management

A Manatt team led by real estate partner Timi Hallem recently represented Lowe Enterprises in the formation of an Opportunity Zone joint venture with Related Fund Management. The venture was created to develop an approximately 113,000-square-foot, nine-story office building located at 2130 Violet ...


07.07.20

Christensen Elected to Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

Megan Christensen has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation as part of the 2020 class of Fellows in the District of Columbia.