Most of California’s 58 counties are moving to reopen the majority of their business sectors, consistent with Phase 3 of Governor Newsom’s COVID-19 Resilience Roadmap.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has long acknowledged the disparities in care and outcomes affecting the one in five Americans who live in rural areas, as well as the financial challenges faced by rural providers.

On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited proposed rule for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In light of recent postal delays and housing displacements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic crisis and a wave of natural disasters across the country, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program agencies face new challenges communicating with their enrollees ...

Intellectual property protection and enforcement partner Irah Donner wrote an article for Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal on two notable trade dress decisions recently issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

Grace Winters, Viral Mehta and Gregg Nunziata authored an article for Daily Journal about the expiration of temporary federal moratorium—as well as state and local protections—on certain residential eviction filings enacted through the CARES Act.

Manatt appellate partner Benjamin Shatz authored an article for Daily Journal about the slow pace of the civil appeals process in the California Court of Appeal from notice of appeals to decisions, and similarly for appeals in the California Supreme Court. In the article, Shatz highlighted specific ...

Manatt investigations and white collar defense partner Jacqueline Wolff authored an article for Law Journal Newsletters' Business Crimes Bulletin about the Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent comprehensive update to the original FCPA Resource ...

Manatt provided corporate and regulatory counsel to startup Medicare Advantage health plans Astiva Health, Inc., and Brandman Health Plan, Inc., as they obtained the financing, Knox-Keene licenses and Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services contracts.

Manatt represented Cadence Group, Inc. in structuring and executing an additional $40 million tranche of subordinated notes, which follows the March 2020 whole business securitization of FAT Brands, Inc., the NASDAQ-listed global franchising company. FAT Brands continues to be a leader in the ...

Manatt’s Managing Partner and CEO Donna Wilson and healthcare litigation partner Barry Landsberg were recognized by Daily Journal on its 2020 “Top 100” lawyers list, which celebrates leading lawyers in California who are conducting cutting-edge legal work and have made a ...

Jacqueline Wolff spoke with Anti-Corruption Report about the risks that companies face when hiring foreign consultants following Brazilian consultant Zwi Skornicki’s 18-month probation sentence for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in the Eastern District of New York.

Manatt financial services partner Rebecca Rettig will moderate a webinar hosted by Global Blockchain Convergence (GBC) on August 26.

Manatt’s Richard Hartunian, a partner in the firm’s investigations and white collar group, will co-chair the American Conference Institute’s third Annual Summit on Controlled Substances on July 21–22, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference will be ...

The Manatt Women’s Initiative invites you to join us on Thursday, January 30, 2020, for dinner, drinks and a presentation titled “Unlock Your Motivation and Harness Your Willpower.”

Manatt is pleased to announce that Markus Hopkins, attorney in the firm’s intellectual property protection and enforcement practice, will speak at the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association’s annual Washington in the West conference, taking place on Jan. 30 at the L.A. Grand Hotel ...