As described in our recent article setting forth the Basics of FEMA Public Assistance Program Funding for the COVID-19 Pandemic, national emergency and disaster declarations have made federal Disaster Relief Funds available for “Emergency Protective Measures” taken to protect the public ...

As New York officials work to reduce the spread of COVID-19, we wanted to provide a resource center for the state's key executive orders and agency guidance.

In Allen v. Cooper, the Supreme Court held that the copyright clause in the U.S. Constitution did not authorize Congress to abrogate states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity from copyright infringement.

This week marked the beginning of a transition towards reopening at the County level, with increasing focus on ways to alleviate the economic impacts 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manatt will be honored with an American Bar Association (ABA) 2020 Pro Bono Publico Award at the organization’s virtual ABA Annual Meeting, running from July 29 through August 4, 2020. This prestigious award is presented each year to five individual lawyers and institutions in the legal ...

Manatt investigations and white collar defense partner Sirena Castillo was recognized with a 2020 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award by Daily Journal for her successful work representing a class of more than 2,000 vulnerable juvenile immigrants that had been unlawfully denied ...

Manatt appellate partner Benjamin Shatz successfully represented Dolores Press Inc. and Pastor Melissa Scott in a significant copyright victory before the Ninth Circuit.

Manatt Entertainment’s transactions and finance practice leader Jordan Bromley spoke with Billboard on the difficulties that freelance musicians are facing in receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Paycheck Protection Program and other forms of relief under the CARES Act amid the ...

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 ...

Manatt land use partner David C. Smith will serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled “CEQA 2019: The Strength of Exemption and Other Lessons Learned” at the UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference, taking place on Friday, January 24, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los ...

Manatt is pleased to sponsor the 17th Annual Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing hosted by IMN on January 22–24, 2020, in Laguna Beach, California.