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07.28.14

Law360 Interviews Manatt Partner on Rise of Personal Data Class Actions

Law360 interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, a partner in the firm's Litigation division, for an article on the increase in class actions due to lingering uncertainties about what data-gathering activities are off-limits.Law360 reports that a pair of court rulings in California and ...


07.28.14

Law360 Interviews Joel Ario on Effects of Limited Insurer Networks

Law360 interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the increase of lawsuits filed by doctors and patients over downsized provider networks inspired by the Affordable Care Act.Law360 reports that in one notable complaint, 2,000 Connecticut ...


07.24.14

Manatt Appellate Co-Chair Discusses Calif. Supreme Court's Regional Diversity

Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate practice, spoke to the Daily Journal about the lack of regional diversity within the California Supreme Court.As reported by the Daily Journal, Gov. Jerry Brown's appointment of Stanford Law School Professor Mariano-Florentino ...


07.22.14

Daily Journal Quotes Manatt Appellate Co-Chair on Cuellar's Selection for Calif. Supreme Court

The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate Practice, for an article on the selection of Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, who lacks judicial experience, to the California Supreme Court.The Daily Journal reports that the selection marks Gov. Jerry ...


07.22.14

NBC News Turns to Joel Ario on Conflicting ACA Decisions

NBC News spoke with Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the different approaches that two appeals courts took in the latest challenges against the Affordable Care Act.NBC News reports that one federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the ...


07.22.14

Politico Quotes Joel Ario on Alternative Options for Obamacare Subsidies

Politico quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on what would happen if the courts ultimately block Obamacare subsidies through the federal exchange.Politico reports that more than half the country would be cut off from the money that makes the health ...


07.22.14

Joel Ario Discusses ACA Subsidies with Law360

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to Law360 for an article on how the government subsidies on the Affordable Care Act's federal exchanges will almost certainly survive despite conflicting issues issued recently from two circuit courts.Law360 reports that if ...


07.21.14

Inside Health Policy Looks to Joel Ario on SBE Sustainability

Inside Health Policy looked to Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for insight into how states are planning to sustain exchanges.Inside Health Policy reports that several state-based exchanges intend to add or increase user fees that are tacked onto insurance policies in ...


07.17.14

Bloomberg TV Interviews Manatt Partner on Murdoch’s Time Warner Bid

Manatt's George Cooke, a partner in the firm's Entertainment and Media practice, participated in a broadcast discussion with Bloomberg Senior West Coast Correspondent Jon Erlichman and RBC Capital Markets Managing Partner David Banks for a segment titled "Now is Best Time for Murdoch ...


07.16.14

Manatt Partner Mandana Massoumi Recognized Among California's Top Labor and Employment Lawyers

Manatt's Mandana Massoumi, a partner in the firm's Employment and Labor practice, has been named to the Daily Journal's Top Labor & Employment list, which profiles California's leading lawyers in the field. The list was published in a special supplement on July 16, 2014.In its ...