68th US Secretary of State John F. Kerry to Keynote at Mintz’s 2024 Energy Transition Summit

With the presidential and many congressional candidates offering starkly different options for voters, the November elections represent a crossroads for the United States. Mintz and ML Strategies are providing guidance for businesses navigating election issues and examining how the results could impact the regulatory and legislative landscape in a range of policy areas — including health care, energy and sustainability, and regulation of cross-border activity.

Mintz received two awards at LMG’s 2024 “Life Sciences Americas Awards” which recognize the region’s “most distinguished practitioners and their firms for their exemplary work in the Life Sciences legal practice over the past twelve months.” The firm earned the “Impact Deal of the Year” for its role advising on a joint venture between ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), while Associate Adam Falconi was named a “Canada Rising Star.”

Managing cybersecurity risk remains a critical priority for organizations with government contracts. In a Bloomberg Law article, Privacy & Cybersecurity Co-chair Scott Lashway, Member Laurence Freedman, and Special Counsel Matthew Stein offer strategies to help organizations mitigate the risks of cybersecurity related FCA investigations and litigation.

The pharmaceutical industry has seen a resurgence of mergers and acquisitions post-pandemic. International Chair of Life Sciences Cheryl Reicin spoke with the Pharmaceutical Executive about the policy shifts and regulatory changes that can be expected in the next year.

Travis and Jason Kelce recently secured a $100 million podcast deal with Amazon. In Yahoo Finance’s “Market Domination: Overtime,” Sports & Entertainment Practice Chair Steve Olenick discusses this landmark deal and the NFL owners’ vote, now approved, allowing private equity firms to buy into team franchises.

Misappropriation of trade secrets is common for American companies to experience, though for a long time, they may not have sought restitution. Intellectual Property Chair Michael Renaud, along with Members Brad Scheller, Adam Samansky, and Associate Laura Petrasky, discuss the recent Seventh Circuit decision in Motorola v. Hytera, outlining its broader implications for protecting intellectual property abroad and potential paths forward for companies whose secrets were misappropriated.