09.27.13
California employers should brace themselves to shell out higher wages with the state set to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2016.
09.26.13
California Governor Jerry Brown recently approved legislation that will allow minors to delete social media content.
Turning a narrow consumer shield into a potentially broad sword, this summer California expanded its anti-deficiency judgment laws to prohibit not only the judicial pursuit of mortgage deficiency balances, but also to declare that post-foreclosure deficiencies can be neither “owed” nor ...
Integrated care is a growing trend in health reform, as states seek to improve care quality, health outcomes and patient satisfaction while containing healthcare costs.
09.18.13
Advertising in social media may take on a different meaning after one flyer took a new approach to complaining about a company’s service.
09.16.13
In the wake of the highly publicized settlement agreement between the NFL and approximately 4,500 former players over concussion-related brain injuries, in which the NFL agreed to pay out $765 million, Manatt sponsored a successful symposium exploring problems and proposed solutions related to ...
09.12.13
Did the use of a hashtag cause Sensa Products, a weight loss company, to commit fraud and to breach its contract with celebrity endorser and Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer?
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), federal agencies are starting to respond with new policies and procedures.
09.11.13
With the bulk of the banking industry’s credit problems resolved or at least more manageable than in the recent past, the regulators appear to be on a new warpath.
We recently reported in our August 20, 2013, news alert that Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s August 6 amendments to SB 731, The CEQA Modernization Act of 2013, continued to stray further from meaningful CEQA reform.