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11.10.16

California Election Results: The State Zigs While the Nation Zags

After watching the same long and painful presidential campaign and debating the same issues as the rest of the country, California voters came to far different conclusions than the nation as a whole on Election Day 2016.


11.09.16

Trump Election May Dramatically Change Landscape for Financial Institutions

Republicans retain the House and Senate and Donald Trump wins the presidential election, providing a Republican sweep of all the elected branches of the federal government.


11.08.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, November 8, 2016

CMS authorizes Massachusetts waiver supporting transition to a Medicaid ACO model; Oregon CCOs use “flexible service” funds to invest in housing-related services; and enrollment for 2017 Marketplace coverage begins.


11.07.16

2016 California Election Preview

A record number of Californians, more than 19.4 million, are registered and eligible to vote on Tuesday. That’s 1.2 million more eligible voters since the last presidential election in 2012, when 72.36% of the electorate cast ballots.


11.04.16

U.S. News Ranks Manatt Among Top in Nation

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have selected Manatt as the 2017 "Law Firm of the Year" in Advertising Law.


11.03.16

California Employers Have Special Obligations on Election Day

Next Tuesday our nation goes to the polls in what pundits expect will be record numbers. California employers have special obligations on Election Day to allow employees sufficient time to vote. Employers should ensure that they have a full understanding of and plan for responding appropriately to ...


11.01.16

Supreme Court: What Constitutes an Insider Trading “Personal Benefit”

On October 5, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Salman v. United States, where the central issue was what the government needs to prove to establish a “personal benefit” to the insider tipper—one of the elements of insider trading liability.


11.01.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, November 1, 2016

Minnesota’s Governor and legislators propose financial assistance options for on- and off-Marketplace individual coverage; Vermont receives final federal approval for the country’s first all-payer ACO model; and a report finds that 23% of 2015 healthcare payments were made through an ...


10.31.16

SEC Eases Rules on Intrastate Crowdfunding

On October 26 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously adopted new and amended rules aimed at making it easier for companies to raise money from investors through intrastate and small offerings.


10.31.16

DOJ to Investigate No-Poach and Wage-Fixing Agreements Criminally

Human resources professionals beware. Conversations with others in your industry regarding employee pay, benefits and no-hire agreements could land you in jail.