News & Press Releases

This New York Law Journal outside analysis column discusses the rapidly growing cryptocurrency space and how multiple federal and state agencies are trying to regulate these evolving markets. The column is authored by Mintz Members David Siegal and Jason Halperin. Associates Ellen Shapiro and Matthew Novian assisted in the preparation of this column.

Mintz Member Jen Rubin explores how the perpetual search for a work-around to California’s prohibition on employee non-competes was stymied again when a California Superior Court refused to dismiss outright an intentional interference with contract claim based upon an allegedly illegal long-term employment contract.

This feature article notes the arrival of Real Estate Member Steve MacDonald. The piece further notes that this is the second real estate member to join Mintz in as many months.

Mintz Member and Chair of the Health Law Practice Karen S. Lovitch served as an editor of the Fifth Edition of the American Health Lawyers Association’s “Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual,” which provides strategies for addressing the full scope of legal issues critical to health care compliance. Mintz Member Thomas S. Crane also contributed to the publication as an author.

This in-depth article discusses the closely-watched Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG lawsuit. The decision, allowing a German drug company to pull out of $4.75 billion deal to acquire a U.S. competitor, came from the Delaware Chancery Court – a key voice for businesses and their attorneys. Mintz Members Bret Leone-Quick and Matt Tikonoff are quoted extensively throughout the article providing third-party commentary.

Mintz Member Jen Rubin was selected among the 2019 San Diego Daily Transcript Influential Women. The article highlights Jen’s labor & employment practice and her community involvement – specifically serving as co-chair of the Lawyers Club of San Diego's Task Force on Sexual Harassment, her involvement on the steering committees of 2020 Women on Boards, and her role as a faculty member with The Honor Foundation.