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03.17.16

Ninth Circuit TCPA Decision Could Affect Future Cases

Legal Newsline interviewed Manatt's Christine Reilly, co-chair of the firm's TCPA Compliance and Class Action Defense practice, for an article about the value of the Ninth Circuit's recent unpublished opinion dismissing a class action suit about text messages sent by company ...


03.17.16

Vermont Could Set ACA Precedent

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Vermont's waiver for exemption from building a website for its small-business insurance exchange, hoping that employers enroll directly through insurers instead. Vermont is the first ...


03.16.16

Ninth Circuit Immigration Victory Recognized by Daily Journal

A Manatt team led by litigation associate Andrea Bird was honored with a 2016 CLAY Award by the Daily Journal for advancing the issue of transgender rights in the immigration law context by persuading a Ninth Circuit panel to grant relief to a transgender Mexican woman in the U.S. Recipients of ...


03.14.16

Ranked a Top 10 Lobbyist of 2015 in NYC

For the fifth consecutive year, Manatt's New York City Government practice has earned a top-ten spot in the Lobbying Bureau of the Office of the City Clerk's annual list of leading lobbying firms in the city. Each year, the Lobbying Bureau analyzes available data and compiles a report based ...


03.10.16

State Supreme Court to Begin Online Video Broadcast

The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate practice, for an article about the Supreme Court of California's decision to regularly broadcast oral arguments live on the Internet as part of a push to open up the judicial branch to the ...


03.09.16

Medicaid Enrollment Drops in NYC

Crain's Health Pulse quoted Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, and Hailey Davis, a manager with Manatt Health, for an article about New York City's recent drop in Medicaid managed care plan enrollment."It's an unexpected and steep loss of ...


03.07.16

Manatt Bolsters Tax Practice in Los Angeles

Manatt announced today that Robert Duran has joined the firm's Tax, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office.


03.05.16

Did Marketplace Lending Grow Too Quickly?

American Banker interviewed Brian Korn, chair of the firm’s Capital Markets practice, for an article about Prosper, a marketplace lending company that is in the process of laying off 22% of its workforce.   “They're built to scale,” said Korn. “If scaling is being ...


03.04.16

Home Care Agencies Compliant with NY Regulations

Crain's New York quoted Anthony Fiori, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the new Fair Labor Standards Act as it applies to home care agencies. Home care agencies had to begin complying in October with new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations related to wages for ...


02.25.16

Legal Battle Spotlights Abuse in Music Industry

U.K. publication The Telegraph quoted Manatt's Gary Gilbert, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment and Media practice, and partner Jordan Bromley in an article about the ongoing legal battle between pop star Kesha and her producer, Dr Luke.Bromley said that allegations of sexual abuse in the ...