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06.18.10

Manatt’s Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Receives National Ratings for Excellence in Chamber

Manatt’s Advertising, Marketing & Media Division was recognized as one of the nation’s leading practices for both advertising transactional work and litigation in the newly published, eighth annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.


06.15.10

The Current Regulatory Environment and its Impact on Bank Directors

First, pessimistic, negative and critical examinations with calls for increased capital and other remedial action.


06.11.10

Implementing National Health Reform in California:  Changes to Public and Private Insurance

The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), in a report authored by Manatt Health Solutions, provides an initial assessment of the task that lies ahead for the state of California and its partners in implementing the coverage-related provisions of federal health reform legislation, known ...


06.11.10

Bonds Wins in the 9th: Players, PEDs and the Rules of Evidence—or 'Say Hey' versus Hearsay

On June 11, 2010, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the District Court’s exclusion of key steroids evidence against all-time home run king Barry Bonds.


06.07.10

FDA Warns Drug Company About Sponsored Sites

The Food and Drug Administration’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications issued a warning letter to pharmaceutical company Novartis about two disease-awareness sites sponsored by the company—even though the sites didn’t mention the company’s drugs by ...


06.07.10

SB 375—Implementation Update

Let’s start with a little background. SB 375 was passed in 2008 to provide an incentive for local jurisdictions and developers to alter the sprawling growth patterns historic in California. 


06.02.10

SPECIAL FOCUS: Dietary Supplements on the Hill—New Legislation Introduced

There was a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill during the last week of May with respect to dietary supplements, including new legislation introduced by Senators Harkin (D-IA) and Hatch (R-UT), the two principal sponsors of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).


06.02.10

Ninth Circuit Widens Split on Copyright Registration Issue

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally has chosen sides in a slowly developing dispute over a technical but important issue - namely, whether a copyright application or completed registration is needed to file suit for copyright infringement.


06.01.10

HITECH REVISITED: Achieving HITECH’s Goals for a High-Performing Health IT-Enabled Healthcare System

Manatt Health Solutions was recently commissioned by the California HealthCare Foundation, the Colorado Health Foundation, and the United Hospital Fund to provide a candid evaluation of where implementation of the historic Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ...


05.21.10

The Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act

On May 19, 2010, Senator Rockefeller's Commerce Committee released its long-awaited proposed legislation regarding post-transaction marketing online.