12.02.21
A Manatt team successfully obtained summary judgment for client Miramax in a hotly contested dispute with photographer Firooz Zahedi concerning copyright ownership of the most iconic film photograph of the past 30 years: Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction. This image was used for the ...
11.30.21
Leader of Manatt's Employment and Labor practice Esra Hudson spoke with Bloomberg Law about vaccine exemptions for healthcare workers. Hudson said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided robust guidance on religious exemptions to the vaccine to exclude personal, ...
11.24.21
Manatt represented Mullen Automotive, an electric vehicle company based in Southern California, in its stock-for-stock reverse merger with Net Element, a global technology and value-added solutions group that supports electronic payments.
Manatt TCPA Compliance and Class Action Defense Associate Alexandra Krasovec was quoted in a Law360 article about whether minors can provide legitimate consent for companies to contact them on their cellphones under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act after a putative class action was brought in ...
11.23.21
Manatt successfully represented Valley National Bank, a regional bank with approximately $41 billion in assets, in the acquisition of Dudley Ventures, an advisory firm specializing in the investment and management of tax credits.
11.16.21
Manatt is proud to be recognized by Diversity & Flexibility Alliance for “Tipping the Scales” towards gender parity by having 50% or more women in its 2021 new partner class. The firm was among 67 law firms honored with this annual recognition during the Diversity and Flexibility ...
Manatt’s Thomas Poletti, Katherine Blair and Melanie DeFiore represented Spartan Capital Securities LLC and Revere Securities LLC as joint book runners in the $22 million initial public offering of Winc, Inc.
Manatt Financial Services Partner Bryan Schneider was quoted in a Law360 article on how the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which regulates the consumer reporting industry, may give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) another way to regulate Big Tech companies.CFPB Director Rohit ...
11.10.21
Manatt congratulates QAD Inc., a longtime client and a leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud, on its successful $2 billion acquisition by leading software investment firm Thoma Bravo.
Once again, Manatt’s Consumer Financial Services team served as primary editors and coauthors of the 2022 edition of the leading desk reference in consumer financial services law, Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) Consumer Financial Services Answer Book. Fourteen Manatt professionals ...