News & Press Releases

Matthew Howsare, a Member in the Mintz Washington, D.C. office and Co-chair of the firm’s Consumer Product Safety Practice, was featured in this ICIX article on the large fines issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to major companies for preventable mistakes.

Chuck Samuels, a Member in the Mintz Washington, D.C. office, was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article covering the $2 million budget cut facing the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) under President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal.

Kim Marrkand, a Member in Mintz’s Boston office, is featured in a Forbes article on the American Law Institute’s mistake in revising the law where they were only meant to produce their Restatement of the law.

Mintz Member and Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Joseph M. Miller co-authored a Law360 expert analysis article on Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Cigna Corp. and the appropriate treatment of efficiencies in a merger challenge.

Health Law Member Dianne Bourque is featured in this article covering a ransomware attack in the United Kingdom that showed that many hospitals have not adequately protected their computer systems, and how this inadequacy can fall into the realm of digital malpractice.

Mintz Corporate & Securities attorney Brian Shea addresses concerns regarding Snap Inc.’s IPO. The IPO has raised interesting governance issues around its nonvoting shares, which the SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) looked into.