News & Press Releases

Mintz Member Matthew T. Simpson, along with Daniel Auslander, Director of Marketing & Development at Ambridge Partners LLC, will be hosting a series of podcasts titled “Deal with Me” published by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) Blog. The series is designed to provide insights—both personally and professionally—into the people that lead the transaction insurance industry, and increase the understanding of the transaction insurance marketplace, products, and trends. In the first podcast episode in the series, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Auslander were joined by Jeffrey D. Cowhey, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ambridge Group.

Managing Member of Mintz’s Boston Office and Chair of the firm’s Corporate, Tax, Private Client & Immigration Division Michael Fantozzi was featured in an article published by Law360 Pulse for his work to help secure Quantum-Si Inc.'s merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values the combined company at $1.46 billion.

Mintz Member John T. Rudy was quoted in an article published by Law360 on companies in the health care and energy industries updating their risk disclosures to warn investors of potential policy changes that could harm their businesses under a Biden administration. Mr. Rudy said that he expects companies will review disclosures from past years and update accordingly.

Mintz Member and Founding Chair of the firm’s Immigration Practice Susan Cohen was quoted in an article published by Bloomberg Law on the Biden administration’s anticipated focus on workplace visa reform, which could be delayed by a pending federal court ruling from Texas, where several state attorneys general have sued to invalidate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Mintz Members Brian P. Dunphy, Joanne S. Hawana, and Jennifer B. Rubin co-authored a Bloomberg Law insights column examining potential legal liabilities for employers implementing Covid-19 workplace vaccination programs, explaining that immunity under the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) is not absolute.

An article published by Inside EPA quoted remarks made by Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Jeffrey R. Porter during a recent Mintz webinar on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund and increased uncertainty over the reach of the federal Clean Water Act despite guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the very end of the Trump administration. The webinar recording is available here.