Nearly a dozen states have explored or are exploring the concept of a state-based public option or are actively pursuing some version of this approach through legislation.

California employers, take note: Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that not only brought back supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19-related absences but also expanded coverage.  

Employers are facing growing requirements to share pay data, with Illinois joining California in enacting a new law mandating transparency.  

The Department of Labor intends to withdraw the Joint Employer and Independent Contractor final rules, the agency signaled in recently filed Notices of Prospective Rulemaking.  

A retail store busy on Fridays and Saturdays did not engage in religious discrimination when it refused to accommodate a Seventh-day Adventist’s schedule, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit recently determined.

Manatt appellate partner Benjamin Shatz authored an article for Daily Journal about seeking appellate review of contempt orders in California, especially those issued during remote court appearances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the article, Shatz broke down the—often confusing and ...

Manatt Financial Services partner Andrew Morrison and managing attorney Anthony Staltari authored an article for Law360 highlighting 12 interesting changes that will occur following Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’ recent administrative order amending the Uniform Civil Rules for the ...

Manatt appellate senior counsel Michael Berger authored an article for Daily Journal about the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ Bridge Aina Le'a v. State of Hawaii Land Use Commission takings case, which is currently pending petition for certiorari in the U.S. ...

This article, published in the Los Angeles Times on January 17, 2021, highlights the role that California will play in the new Biden Administration.

This high-profile suit raises unique copyright ownership issues with respect to remixes of pre-existing songs, unusual questions concerning causation and damages from live performances of allegedly infringing songs.

Members of Manatt’s digital and technology transactions team, led by Ned Sherman, structured and negotiated the latest high-profile deal in the games industry for esports company XSET, building a partnership with the chart-topping Puerto Rican singer Ozuna

Leader of Manatt Entertainment Lindsay Conner, leader of the firm’s entertainment transactions and finance practice Jordan Bromley, entertainment litigation practice leader Robert Jacobs, Manatt Entertainment senior partners Lee Phillips and Gary Gilbert, and Manatt Entertainment partners ...

Leader of Manatt’s entertainment transactions and finance practice Jordan Bromley, leader of the firm’s entertainment litigation practice Robert Jacobs, Manatt Entertainment senior partners Lee Phillips and Gary Gilbert, and Manatt Entertainment partners Jeff Biederman, Eric Custer and ...

Privacy and data security partner Brandon Reilly and employment partner Mandana Massoumi will present on the topic of “Navigating Privacy and Employment Risk in Managing COVID Testing, Vaccinations, and Exposure Mitigation,” May 24.

Entertainment litigation partner John Gatti will speak in a panel at the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association 2021 Spring Meeting titled “Update on Copyright and Music Sampling: When is it Infringement?”

Privacy and data security partner Brandon Reilly will speak in an upcoming virtual panel hosted by the Online Lenders Alliance (OLA) for the organization’s Compliance University.

Privacy and data security partner Brandon Reilly will present a 30-minute “Legal Quick Hit” to Exterro and ACC’s IT, Privacy & E-Commerce Network.