Articles

05.19.20

Protecting Privacy in the Midst of COVID-19

Manatt Health senior advisor Stephanie Anthony and partner Randi Seigel authored an article for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News on the importance for long-term care (LTC) facilities to protect patient health information (PHI) maintained by LTC providers in addition to navigating on-the-ground ...


05.05.20

The Continuing Danger of Academic Espionage

Manatt government and regulatory partner Suzanne Folsom and managing director Robert Garretson authored an article for Inside Higher Ed on the ongoing threat of academic espionage, and the importance for college and university leaders to ensure that adequate measures are in place to address these ...


05.04.20

SEC Proposals to Simplify Exempt Offerings are Just in Time

Manatt partners Katherine Blair and Thomas Poletti and associate Jonathan Brecher co-authored an article for Law360 on the SEC’s recently proposed rules to expand and simplify certain aspects of exempt offerings. In article, they noted that the proposed rules are “a step in the right ...


05.02.20

State Strategies for Helping Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Through the COVID-19 Epidemic

Manatt Health managing director Jocelyn Guyer co-authored an article alongside the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts president Karen Scott for Health Affairs on specific strategies that the federal government, states and other stakeholders can use to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on ...


04.30.20

Coastal Property ‘Managed Retreat’ – A Sensible and Tempered Climate Mitigation Strategy or a ...

Manatt land use partner David Smith authored an article for Climate Change Law and Policy Reporter on the increased focus the public at large and regulatory officials are placing on “managed retreat.” In the article, Smith highlighted the impact that enactments of local elected ...


04.24.20

Virtual Depositions in the Time of COVID-19: A Personal Account

Manatt litigation partner Donald Brown penned an article for Daily Journal offering his personal account of virtual depositions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the article, Brown noted some observations and provided pointers following his recent experiences with online depositions. “Online ...


04.16.20

An Overview of Upcoming COVID-19-related Actions from the Los Angeles City Council

Manatt government and regulatory partner Brandon Young and associate Jacob Itzkowitz co-authored an article for Daily Journal providing an overview of various proposals the city counsel of Los Angeles is considering in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the article, Young and Itzkowitz note that ...


04.15.20

Two-part Series: COVID-19 Redefines Commercial Leasing

In a two-part Daily Journal series, Manatt Real Estate partners Grace Winters, Anita Sabine and Martin Steere, along with associate Alison Weinberg-Fahey discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting commercial leasing, the potential allocations of risk between landlords and tenants in light of ...


04.13.20

How Borrowers Can Respond to the Real Estate Downturn

Manatt Real Estate partners Clayton Gantz and Steve Edwards, and senior counsel Tom Muller co-authored an article for Law360 on how borrowers in the real estate industry can protect themselves from a potential recession following the COVID-19 crisis. In the article, they suggest that borrowers ...


04.08.20

Examining California's Urgency And Emergency Powers

Manatt government and regulatory partner Brandon Young and associate Jacob Itzkowitz co-authored an article for Law360 analyzing “what constitutes ‘urgency’ or an ‘emergency,’ and the requirements of these emergency powers under California law,” as more elected ...