Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the most influential professional services firms, offers fully integrated legal and strategic consulting services to U.S. and international clients across a range of industries, including: health care; entertainment, advertising, marketing and media; financial services; technology, venture capital and e-commerce; real estate and land use; and energy and natural resources. Three hundred professionals combine powerful national litigation and sophisticated transactional capabilities with government access and a range of specialized resources to provide clients with complete legal, strategic and policy solutions.

Manatt's strategic growth emphasizes markets of influence nationally (Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Palo Alto, Orange County and San Francisco); within key state capitals (Albany, NY and Sacramento, Calif.). Its wholly owned subsidiary, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, LLC, develops and implements strategies to expand clients' businesses and facilitate their effective competition in global markets. Manatt Health Solutions (MHS) is an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the nation's premier law and consulting firms. MHS aligns business strategy, public policy and the law to develop forward-thinking solutions in an evolving healthcare landscape.

www.manatt.com; www.manattjones.com; www.manatthealthsolutions.com.

Actors Unions OK Ads Contract
June 25, 2009
Members of SAG and AFTRA have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a three-year ad contract covering about $1 billion in annual earnings.

Ad Groups Urge FCC Not to Rate/Block TV Ads
June 25, 2009
In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission, a group of advertising trade groups is objecting to a proposal to extend the V-Chip rating system to ads as well as programming content.

Battle of the Buns: Sara Lee Sues Kraft over Hot Dog Ads
June 26, 2009
As the grilling season gets under way, Sara Lee Corporation, which makes Ball Park hot dogs, is suing Kraft Foods Inc. over taste test claims the latter is running for its Oscar Mayer hot dog brand.