To support our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide below links to the Governor’s Executive Orders  and California County directives and mandates.

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.

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.

Last week, just before adjourning for a COVID-19-shortened summer recess, the California State Senate passed a measure that, if it becomes law, would significantly expand the availability of unpaid family leave in the state.

Peter Duchesneau and Charles White authored an article for Law360 discussing the California's draft supplemental guidance on screening and evaluating vapor intrusion.

Manatt Real Estate partner Grace Winters and counsel Ray Triana, and government and regulatory legislative advisor Delilah Clay authored an article for Law360 about lessons the real estate industry can learn from a failed California bill aimed at protecting small business tenants. In the article, ...

Manatt corporate and finance partner Jason Taketa authored an article for Law360 on the potential uptick in distressed M&A activity resulting from the increased Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filings amid COVID-19. In the article, Taketa noted that although buyers and sellers can complete ...

Grace Winters, Linda Rangel and Jordan Tessier authored an article for Daily Journal on the importance for real estate professionals to understand what the impact of the failed Assembly Bill 2501 would have been, especially given the uncertain regulatory landscape amid COVID-19.

Law360 has named Anne Karl to its list of “Rising Stars” for 2020.

Co-leader of Manatt’s privacy and data security practice Scott Lashway spoke with Daily Journal about the impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), enforcement of which began on July 1. In the article, Lashway noted that he expected the state attorney general to move forward with ...

On June 30, 2020, a Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP team, which includes partners Esra Hudson and Joanna McCallum as well as associates Misa Eiritz, Alison Bitterly and Jessica Vidal, filed an amicus brief on behalf of the California Women’s Law Center, an organization that protects, ...

Paper highlights gaps in existing health data privacy protections and lays foundation for the development of new privacy framework for consumer health data in an increasingly connected digital ecosystem.Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, ...

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 ...

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 ...