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10.18.16

M&A Trends in Digital Media and Frontier Technologies

Once again we are very pleased to provide you with another issue of the Manatt Digital newsletter.


10.18.16

New Record Deal Reached in TCPA Settlement

In what could be the largest Telephone Consumer Protection Act settlement yet, a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois signed off on a deal requiring three cruise marketing companies to pay up to $76 million to two classes of call recipients.


10.14.16

Manatt Attorneys Tapped for 38th BAA Marketing Law Conference

Linda Goldstein, Marc Roth and Richard Lawson are featured speakers at the Brand Activation Association’s upcoming 38th annual Marketing Law Conference.


10.14.16

EPA Taking First Actions to Restrict Existing Chemical Uses

On October 11, 2016, EPA announced the start of expedited rulemaking to restrict the existing uses of five widely used chemicals that have been identified as being toxic, persistent and/or bioaccumulative in the environment (PBTs).


10.13.16

TSCA Reform Will Fundamentally Change U.S. Chemical Regulation

Astonishingly, in an election year and at a time of unprecedented partisanship, this past June, Congress adopted significant reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) with sweeping support from both sides of the aisle.


10.13.16

California's DBO Hits LendUp With Action, Fine

California's Department of Business Oversight (DBO) reached a $2.68 million settlement with LendUp recently, a deal based on the regulator's allegations that the firm charged illegal fees and committed other "widespread" violations of state law.


10.13.16

California's DBO Hits LendUp With Action, Fine

California's Department of Business Oversight (DBO) reached a $2.68 million settlement with LendUp recently, a deal based on the regulator's allegations that the firm charged illegal fees and committed other "widespread" violations of state law.


10.11.16

Supreme Court to Review Credit Card Surcharge Statutes

In an effort to resolve a conflict between Circuits, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a challenge to New York’s credit card surcharge law, one of several similar pending lawsuits. For all players in the retail and electronic payments world, the New York challenge will be an ...


10.11.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, October 11, 2016

Kentucky receives final approval from CMS to transition its Marketplace to the HealthCare.gov platform; Ohio puts a price ceiling on prescription drugs purchased by the State on its November 2017 ballot; and a new study links Medicaid expansion to lower risk scores for Marketplace enrollees.


10.11.16

Court to CFPB: Unconstitutional and Wrong on RESPA

In a landmark decision impacting the consumer financial services industry and beyond, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has declared unconstitutional a core component of the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and overturned a $109 ...