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On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk hosted by health care and data partner Christine Moundas, litigation & enforcement partner Sarah Walters is joined by Veronica Lei, the associate vice president and assistant general counsel for Eli Lilly's Diabetes Alliance. Veronica shares her diverse career journey from being a federal prosecutor to her current role at Eli Lilly, discussing her experienc...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped podcast series, health care attorneys Christina Bergeron and Natalie LaRue discuss recent developments in state health care transaction laws and their impacts on private equity investments in health care. With an increase in transaction laws specifically targeting private equity, including passed legislation in Indiana an...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s California Law for Asset Managers podcast series, asset management partner Catherine Skulan and employment partners Greg Demers, Richard Kidd and associate Patrick Maher, discuss recent developments in California employment law that may impact asset managers and their portfolio companies. The group will address a new California noncompete statute, including a...

On this fourth episode of Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped podcast series , health care attorneys Ranee Adipat, Jenn Romig and Jaclyn Freshman discuss the latest updates to state health care transaction laws on the West Coast. The team explores recent developments in California and Oregon, including California's AB 3129 (recently vetoed by Governor Newsom) and Oregon's pro...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, Non-binding Guidance , life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Greg Levine and counsel Beth Weinman are joined by appellate and Supreme Court practice head Doug Hallward-Driemeier to explore the Supreme Court's recent landmark decision in Loper Bright , which ended the long-standing practice of Chevron deference. Learn how this ruling h...

On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles , Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, are joined by Dr. Brennan Jacoby, a philosopher and founder of Philosophy at Work. Dr. Jacoby joins the conversation from his family's year-long travels across the world, and discusses his work on the philosophy of trust, including sharing his views on how compliance team...

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio podcast, host Brad Flint, co-leader of Ropes & Gray’s venture capital and emerging companies practice, is joined by Raj Banerjee, a partner in both the venture capital and emerging companies practice, as well as the IP transactions group at Ropes & Gray. Raj shares insights from his extensive experience as a life sciences lawyer, focusing on the i...

On this third episode of Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped podcast series, health care attorneys Brett Friedman, Christina Bergeron and Sharon Jaquez discuss the latest updates to state health care transaction laws on the East Coast. The team explores recent developments in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, examining the implications of new and pending...

On this special edition of Culture & Compliance Chronicles , join Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab’s Director of Behavioral Insights, Nitish Upadhyaya, “live” from the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics flagship conference in Grapevine, Texas as he talks to members of the compliance community about culture. This special “fly on the wall” episode was recorded in breaks during the confe...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped podcast series , health care attorneys Debbie Gersh, Jenn Romig and Shanzeh Daudi discuss recent developments and trends related to state health care transaction laws in the Midwest. With recent enactments in Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota, and pending legislation in Pennsylvania, Debbie, Jenn and Shanzeh provide crucial...

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk hosted by health care and data partner Christine Moundas, IP transactions and licensing partner Megan Baca engages in a fascinating conversation with Laura Berner, COO of TRex Bio. Laura shares her unique journey from practicing law at Ropes & Gray to embracing roles in business development and operations within the biotech sector. She discusses her experie...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s Alumni @ RopesTalk podcast, M&A counsel Sarah Davis is joined by alums Jenn Borggaard and Rob Shapiro to discuss the rewarding experience of serving on boards. Rob, a retired partner, and Jenn, a former associate and now a co-founder and partner at AlderBrook Advisors, share their personal journeys to board membership and the impact it has had on their car...

Ropes & Gray is pleased to introduce our latest podcast series, Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped, which continues our exploration of critical developments in health care regulation of health care transactions. In this six-part series, our team will delve into the evolving landscape of state health care transaction laws and their implications for health care entities and private equity in...

On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles , Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, are joined by Stephanie Niven, a portfolio manager at Ninety One, for an engaging conversation on the significance of corporate culture as a source of competitive advantage and its role in driving sustainable investment ret...

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partner Catherine Skulan discuss considerations for private fund managers seeking to explore the expansion of their business into alternative retail products. They share insights on the benefits of accessing a broader investor base, highlight alternative fund types—interval funds and tender offer funds—that are more suited to private investment st...

Join Deb Lussier, partner and co-leader of the sponsor solutions practice at Ropes & Gray, on the latest episode of A Word for Our Sponsors . On this podcast, the second in a two-part series, Deb and Marc Migliazzo, counsel in the sponsor solutions practice, continue their in-depth conversation with Jon Costello, founder and managing partner of Devon Park Advisors, about the dynamic GP-led sec...

Join Deb Lussier, partner and co-leader of the sponsor solutions practice at Ropes & Gray, and Marc Migliazzo, counsel in the sponsor solutions practice, as they delve into the dynamic world of GP-led secondary transactions with special guest Jon Costello, founder and managing partner of Devon Park Advisors, a boutique investment bank with a core focus on continuation fund transactions. On thi...

What on earth is FEPA (the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act)? On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles , Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, ask guest Ryan Rohlfsen, a former federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and now partner and co-chair of Ropes & Gray’s anti-corruption a...

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk hosted by IP transactions partner Megan Baca, litigation & enforcement partner Helen Gugel returns for another engaging conversation, this time with Neena Reddy, general counsel of Blue Owl Capital, an alternative asset manager with nearly $200 billion in assets under management. Neena shares her journey from private practice to in-house counsel, detailing...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, Controlling Opinions , hear from partners Brett Friedman, Andrew O’Connor, and Josh Oyster regarding recent developments related to the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine. They discuss the current DEA regulatory landscape related to prescriptions of controlled substances via telemedicine and explore the implications of a rece...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s California Law for Asset Managers podcast series, asset management partner Catherine Skulan is joined by data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Ed McNicholas to discuss recent developments in California privacy law. California’s privacy laws can implicate a wide range of managers—from those based in the state to those that simply have California investors....

On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles , Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, delve into the intricacies of corporate culture and compliance with special guest Guillem Casoliva Cabana. A seasoned traveler and compliance manager at Booking.com, Guillem takes us on a journey through his academic and pr...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s term has ended, with major implications for federal agencies and those that are regulated by them. What did the Court cover? And what remains unaddressed? Join litigation & enforcement partners Doug Hallward-Driemeier and Jeremiah Williams as they discuss the impact of Jarkesy and Loper Bright on federal agency authority, including the demise of the Chevron doctrine. D...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, Decoding Digital Health , Christine Moundas, a health care partner and co-chair of the firm’s digital health initiative, is joined by Dr. Bernardo Bizzo, a senior director at Mass General Brigham AI and assistant professor of radiology in the Department of Radiology at Mass General Hospital. Dr. Bizzo discusses his work in the field of digital...

Tune in to the latest episode of Ropes & Gray's podcast series, The Data Day , brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, and features a range of guests, including clients, regulators and...