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11.06.17

Short-Term Plans Could Lead to Multiple Risk Pools

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Inside Health Policy for an article on how President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand availability of short-term health insurance plans could impact the sale of supplemental plans. Experts have ...


11.06.17

Local Governments Seek to Fill Gap in Addressing Substance Use Disorders

Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, and Christopher Cantrell, a manager with Manatt Health, spoke to Addiction Pro for an article on local governments’ efforts to fill unmet needs related to substance use disorders.


11.02.17

Indie Publishing Leads Songwriter Catalog Market

Billboard interviewed Manatt’s Gary Gilbert and Charles Biederman, co-chairs of the firm’s music practice, for an article on the current songwriter catalog market. According to the publication, songwriters can sell their catalogs containing hits for ten to 16 times the net publishing ...


11.01.17

Manatt Recognized as Music Law Firm of the Year for 2018

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have selected Manatt as the Law Firm of the Year in the category Entertainment Law – Music as part of the 2018 Best Law Firms rankings. Manatt’s entertainment and media practice has ranked nationally in Tier 1 since the inaugural Best Law ...


11.01.17

U.S. News, Best Lawyers Recognize Manatt Practices as Top in Nation

Manatt practices earned nine Tier 1 national designations and 25 Tier 1 metropolitan designations in the 2018 Best Law Firms guide, an annual ranking in which U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers analyze the country’s top law firms. In addition, Manatt was recognized as Law Firm of ...


11.01.17

The Hollywood Reporter Names Conner a Dealmaker of the Year

Manatt’s Lindsay Conner, co-chair of the firm’s entertainment and media practice, was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the top 20 dealmakers in 2017. The second annual list highlights the negotiators behind this year’s biggest and most complex deals in the evolving ...


10.26.17

Does Trump’s Opioid Crisis Decision Go Far Enough?

Fortune included insights from Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article on the president’s declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency.


10.23.17

New ACA Legislative Requests Could Signal Doubt

In a Law360 article, Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, commented on the administration’s new requests for legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act.   The requests outline the White House’s preferences for bipartisan legislation, which is ...


10.20.17

Insurer Subsidy Cuts Could Lead to Low Open Enrollment

Current Hollywood quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article that discusses how states are asking the courts to require President Trump to pay Affordable Care Act subsidies to insurers. Washington State’s insurance regulator, for example, said it ...


10.20.17

What Kaepernick’s NFL Grievance Needs in Order to Succeed

Manatt’s Robert Jacobs, co-chair of the firm’s entertainment, sports and media litigation practice, was interviewed by the Daily Journal on the legal strategy surrounding Colin Kaepernick’s NFL grievance. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback—now known for creating the ...