News & Press Releases

Member and International Practice Co-chair Larry Naughton was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article highlighting that the increasing skepticism among limited partners regarding startup valuations is causing a slowdown in the venture fundraising market.

Members Kristopher Kirkwood and Kaitlin Walsh were highlighted in an article in The Deal, which detailed the promotion of 13 Mintz attorneys to Members, effective January 1, 2024.

San Francisco Member Terri Shieh-Newton, PhD spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the use of AI in the life sciences industry, specifically on how biomedical startups are using AI to predict patient responses to cancer treatments. Terri noted that while AI allows researchers to pull diverse sets together, humans must make careful decisions about the data sets they use to train the algorithms.

Environmental Law Chair Jeff Porter spoke with Inside EPA about a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision compels the conclusion that a property is outside Federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. Porter noted that the 5th Circuit’s opinion doesn’t even mention EPA’s post-Sackett regulation on the topic, providing further evidence that the era of judicial deference to EPA is coming to an end.

MMIT quoted a recent article written by Mintz attorneys Theresa Carnegie, Xavier Hardy, and David Gilboa in a story discussing the US district court ruling that overturned a federal rule allowing health plans to exclude copayment assistance from members’ out-of-pocket costs. The article notes the Department of Health and Human Services’ current stance of refraining from immediate action.