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09.14.20

Winters Quoted in Law360 on COVID-19’s Impact on the Student Housing Sector

Manatt Real Estate partner Grace Winters spoke with Law360 about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the student housing space, and its impact on student housing development joint ventures. In the article, Winters discussed whether force majeure clauses within construction and joint venture ...


09.10.20

Karl Quoted in Bloomberg on Disparities in COVID-19 Relief Funding Among Healthcare Providers

Manatt Health partner Anne Karl and counsel Allison Orris spoke with Bloomberg about the flaws in the algorithm used to distribute COVID-19 relief funds to providers, and especially about the disparities in funding faced by communities that have large populations of uninsured and Medicaid patients. ...


09.10.20

Manatt Represents Canopy Health in UnitedHealthcare Collaboration

Manatt Health partner Paul Carr-Rollitt led a team representing Canopy Health—a joint venture between UCSF Health, John Muir Health and several San Francisco Bay Area IPAs that operates a network of 19 hospitals and nearly 5,000 physicians—in a series of transactions with ...


09.09.20

Suennen Quoted in STAT on COVID-19’s Impact on Digital Health

Comments Lisa Suennen made during the STAT Health Tech Summit were featured in a STAT article discussing the impact that COVID-19 has had on the digital technology space.


09.08.20

Manatt Recognized Among Working Mother’s 2020 “Best Law Firms for Women”

Manatt has been named to Working Mother’s 2020 “Best Law Firms for Women” list as a Hall of Fame honoree. This is the twelfth time that the firm has been recognized on this prestigious list, which recognizes law firms’ efforts and successes in finding, retaining, promoting ...


09.04.20

Brooks-LaSure Appointed to Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Committee

On September 4, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the appointment of Manatt Health managing director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to a four-year term on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Committee. As a member of this Committee, Brooks-LaSure will leverage her deep experience in ...


09.03.20

Manatt Advises Fintech Pioneer Jiko in Its Historic Acquisition of National Bank

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is pleased to announce it served as regulatory counsel to Jiko Group, Inc., headquartered in Berkeley, California, which today became the first fintech to complete the acquisition of a national bank—Mid-Central National Bank (formerly known as Mid-Central ...


09.01.20

Pearson Quoted in American Banker on Impact of Litigation on Fintech Innovation

Manatt Financial Services partner Scott Pearson spoke with American Banker on the impact litigation between federal and state regulators is having on financial services companies that are working to develop new products. He noted that the litigation is hampering innovation in this sector by ...


08.26.20

Manatt Team Closes $14.6 Million Sale of Two Northern California Cannabis Dispensaries to Hightimes

Manatt successfully represented two Northern California cannabis dispensaries, Synergy and 530 Cannabis, in their sale to Hightimes Holding Corp. for $10.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively.


08.23.20

Libby and Fishman Quoted in Law360 on Mail-In Voting Lawsuits

John Libby and Scot Fishman spoke with Law360 about the firm’s motion to intervene on behalf of several voter advocacy organizations in a pair of Republican challenges to California Governor Gavin Newsom's order to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter.