News & Press Releases

Larry Freedman was quoted in a Law 360 article regarding a new Justice Department policy that prevents guidance documents from being used as a basis for bringing civil enforcement actions. The policy may lessen the risk of catastrophic punitive damages, particularly in False Claims Act cases.

Stephen Silveira a Senior Vice President of ML Strategies, was appointed by Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker to a commission to address the state’s transportation needs through the next twenty years.  The committee is charged with developing a range of anticipated scenarios during those decades.

Joshua Briones, Managing Member of Mintz’s LA office, and Ralph Campillo, a Member in the firm’s Litigation practice, were named among the fifty most influential minority attorneys by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Litigation Members Joe Blute, Ralph Campillo and Yalonda Howze are featured in this piece, along with four in-house counsel, discussing the current state of product liability exposures and related litigation. The piece further discusses strategies for manufacturers to minimize product liability exposure, how best to handle discovery, the role testimony from company witnesses plays, among other hot topics.

Karen Lovitch, practice leader of the Mintz Health Law Practice, Eoin Beirne, a Member in the firm’s Litigation practice, along with Associates Samantha Kingsbury and Mackenzie Queenin authored the last in a four-part series of articles on health care enforcement trends in 2017.

Mintz Member Dianne Bourque was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article regarding the possible exposure of patients’ personal data due to cyberattacks on computer chips. Health care organizations are urged to install the most current security patches for their computer networks.