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06.08.16

Why You Should Continue to Pay Attention to PACE

With commercial property owners and tenants still seeking sustainable building designs that incorporate energy efficiency or green building features, Property Accessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing will continue to rightfully receive more attention.


06.07.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, June 7, 2016

Arkansas’ Governor requests to transition to a “State-based Marketplace on the Federal Platform;” Louisiana launches Medicaid expansion with SNAP fast-track enrollment; and 2016 premium increases are lower for on-Marketplace than off-Marketplace plans.


06.06.16

OSHA's Electronic Submission Rule Finalized

Three years in the making, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) finalized a new rule mandating the electronic submission of injury and illness data from employers.


06.06.16

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: An Overview

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) was signed into law on May 11, 2016 and gives trade secret owners a federal cause of action for injunctive relief and monetary damages for the misappropriation of trade secrets, while also providing employee protections.


06.06.16

Eye on the Supreme Court—Corruption and Fraud Edition

This session, the Supreme Court has undertaken the review of numerous cases that raise thorny issues arising in the white collar context. In our last newsletter, we reported on the Court’s March 30, 2016 decision in Luis v. U.S. which held in a criminal healthcare case that the pretrial ...


06.06.16

College Football Does Not Need Another Commissioner

The fact that college football has many commissioners of the various conferences has not stopped suggestions that there should be one commissioner for all of college football. 


06.02.16

EPA Chemical Data Reporting Rule Brings Challenges and Opportunities

Every four years, companies that manufacture or import chemical substances in the U.S. in quantities greater than 25,000 lbs./year by site must submit detailed manufacturing, processing and use information on each of these chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


06.02.16

Chambers USA Ranks Manatt’s Advertising Practice Nationally for Excellence

Manatt's Advertising, Marketing and Media practice was once again recognized as one of the nation's leading practices for both advertising litigation and advisory/transactional work in Chambers USA.


06.02.16

Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Section 404 Jurisdictional Determinations

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded that property owners who are required to obtain Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 permits are entitled to challenge the government’s Jurisdictional Determinations (JD) of the extent of “waters of the United States” on their land when ...


06.02.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Leveraging MMC Contracts to Advance Reforms

In the final Medicaid managed care (MMC) rule published on April 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarifies states’ flexibility to use their contracts with plans for the purpose of advancing federal and state efforts to improve access, quality and efficiency in ...