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Health App Providers May Have Confidentiality Obligations Under State Law

The wave of new state legislation limiting abortion access has raised concerns about the privacy and security of reproductive health data not subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Navigating the Virtual Care Explosion: Mapping the Shifting Policy, Payment and Strategy Landscape

By March of this year, more than 61% of Americans had experienced a telehealth visit—and almost 88% want to continue using telehealth for nonurgent consultations, even after the pandemic passes, according to findings reported in Healthcare Finance.

Climate Change Risk and Disclosure: A New Focus for SEC Enforcement

Manatt Investigations, Compliance and White Collar Defense Partner Jacqueline Wolff authored an article for Law Journal Newsletters@ Business Crimes Bulletin about the SEC@s renewed focus on ESG (environmental, social and governance) funds and how companies should engage in an assessment of their climate risks and communicate the status of their ESG goals to investors.@@As investors dedicate...

The World Wide Web of Risk: Protecting Yourself in the Metaverse

Join an interdisciplinary panel of Manatt professionals for the third of a three-part webinar series on the metaverse and the dawn of the Web3 era.

Manatt Advises HARTBEAT on Formation and $100M Financing

A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Sophia Yen advised HARTBEAT on the formation of the company and represented HARTBEAT in its $100 million capital raise led by private equity firm Abry Partners.HARTBEAT is a global, multi-platform media company resulting from the merger of Kevin Hart@s comedy brand Laugh Out Loud and film and television studio HartBeat Productions. The core Manatt deal...

Manatt Represents Gamelancer, Inc., in Its Sale to Wondr Gaming Corp.

A Manatt team represented Gamelancer, Inc., currently the largest online gaming platform on TikTok and Snapchat with more than 26.5 million followers, in its sale to Wondr Gaming Corp., a publicly traded entertainment company on the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Analysis of SEC’s and California Legislature’s Proposed Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Mandates

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a sweeping new disclosure requirement relating to registered companies’ climate-related information.

Never ‘Met a Verse’ I Didn’t Like: Prospering and Capturing Opportunities in Web3

Join an interdisciplinary panel of Manatt professionals for the second of a three-part webinar series on the metaverse and the dawn of the Web3 era.

Manatt Represents Life Science Solutions Provider Delta Project Management in its Sale to Verista

A Manatt team represented Delta Project Management, a leading provider of regulatory compliance and project management solutions to the life science industries, in its sale to Verista, a life science business and technology consultancy.

CEQA to Project Proponents: ‘Why Can’t You Do Solar?’

A mammoth case out of Lake Tahoe affirms a new environmental review obligation for project proponents: Why can’t you do solar?