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03.04.16

Home Care Agencies Compliant with NY Regulations

Crain's New York quoted Anthony Fiori, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the new Fair Labor Standards Act as it applies to home care agencies. Home care agencies had to begin complying in October with new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations related to wages for ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Concerns Loom Large in Election Year

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


12.10.15

Upstate Revitalization Initiative an 'Exquisite Set-Up'

City & State interviewed Manatt's Bruce Gyory, a senior advisor in the firm's Government and Regulatory Policy practice, for an article on New York's Upstate Revitalization Initiative, which put a large chunk of state development funds on the line for various regions.City & ...


11.04.15

NY Southern Tier's Senate Election Results

WSKG News quoted Manatt's Bruce Gyory, a senior advisor in the firm's Government and Regulatory Policy practice, for an article on New York's Southern Tier's special state senate election.WSKG News reports that the senate election went Republican in a landslide. Fred Akshar ...


07.22.15

Overview of 2015 NY Legislative Session

With the indictments of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, the 2015 legislative session closes as one of the most historically unusual legislative sessions for the state of New York. While the replacement of the two former heavyweight legislators brought ...


04.24.15

NY State Government Group Ranked as Top Ten Lobbying Firm for Second Year in a Row

On April 25, 2015, the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics released its 2014 annual report highlighting its work for the year. Manatt’s New York State Government practice group has once again earned a spot on the annual report’s list of top 10 lobbyists in the Empire State, ...


04.08.15

Albany Government Practice Authors Memo on SFY 2015-16 Enacted Budget

After weeks of negotiations, Governor Cuomo and the State’s legislative leadership enacted the SFY 2015-16 Budget, a $150 billion spending plan that includes substantial increases in education funding and a renewed emphasis on upstate economic development while maintaining overall fiscal ...


03.17.15

NY's Medical Marijuana Plan

Capital New York interviewed Manatt's James Lytle, a partner in the firm's Government and Regulatory practice, for an article on the burgeoning industry of medical marijuana in New York.Capital New York reports that Governor Andrew Cuomo's incoming counsel David Alphonso revealed that ...


01.30.15

NY Law Journal Quotes Lytle on State Assembly's New Leadership

The New York Law Journal interviewed Manatt's James Lytle, a partner in the firm's Government and Regulatory practice, for an article on how new leadership in the state Assembly could affect the judiciary, civil and criminal legal services providers and other areas of the legal system.The ...


01.06.15

NY State Government Relations Practice Authors 2015 Legislative Session Preview

A year that began with the poignant pairing of the second inauguration of Governor Andrew Cuomo with the death of his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, promises to be an interesting and important year for New York State.As New Yorkers looked back on Governor Mario Cuomo’s three terms in ...