Mintz On Air

Our Client Corner: Perspectives from Founders, Financiers, and Friends podcast series hosted by Mintz Member Joshua Fox explores the dynamics of starting and running a business, investing in a business, and helping to support a business — through insights shared by entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the start-up community. We hope these conversations will provide valuable advice to you, the listener, as you’re working to successfully build your own business, as well as inspire others who are thinking about starting a new venture.

In this episode of Client Corner, Josh chats with Ridhi Tariyal, co-founder and CEO of NextGen Jane, a company that is defining the next generation of obstetric and gynecological health. Before founding NextGen Jane, Ridhi led the operations and finances of a $10 million genomic endeavor in West Africa for the Broad Institute. Most of Ridhi’s career has been in health care, from operational roles in a big pharmaceutical company (Bristol-Myers Squibb) to strategic positions at smaller entrepreneurial organizations (like Embrace).

Welcome to Client Corner: Perspectives from Founders, Financiers, and Friends, a new Mintz On Air podcast series hosted by Mintz Member Joshua Fox that explores the dynamics of starting and running a business, investing in a business, and helping to support a business — through insights shared by entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the start-up community. We hope these conversations will provide valuable advice to you, the listener, as you’re working to successfully build your own business, as well as inspire others who are thinking about starting a new venture.

In this episode of Client Corner, Joshua Fox chats with Jerry Williamson, CEO of Sengenics. Jerry has more than 30 years of experience in bioscience markets for life science research, diagnostics, and analytical products. Prior to Sengenics, Jerry was the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of NanoView Biosciences. Prior to that, Jerry was President, CEO, and a director of Kew, Inc. and held senior positions at Metamark Genetics, Flagship Ventures, Molecular Devices (Danaher), Biacore (GE), and Pyrosequencing (QIAGEN).

California’s newly established Office of Health Care Affordability recently proposed regulations outlining its requirements for advance regulatory review of certain health care entity mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and other arrangements that result in “material changes” of assets, control, or governance. Health Law attorneys Lara D. Compton, Deborah A. Daccord, and M. Daria Niewenhous join Bridgette Keller to discuss the proposed regulations, their potential impact on transactions, and what health care entities should consider as they prepare for transactions moving forward.

In this episode of the EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS: Intellectual Property podcast, IP Members Daniel Weinger and Karen Won discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Jack Daniels v. VIP Products addressing whether the “Bad Spaniels” dog chew toy violates the Lanham Act for trademark infringement. In this case, SCOTUS held that the Rogers test for parody does not apply when a trademark is used as a source identifier, which occurred here, and sent the case back down for further proceedings to analyze the “likelihood of confusion” test.

Dan and Karen discuss this outcome and also cover:
- How and when to assess parody
- Surveys in trademark cases in light of the Sotomayor concurrence
- How the decision affects brands going forward

In this episode, Health Care Enforcement Defense specialists Eoin Beirne, Karen Lovitch, and Brian Dunphy discuss key regulatory and policy updates issued by the DOJ and their potential impact on False Claims Act cases, from self-disclosure to privacy regulations.

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In this special edition of the podcast, the team discusses lessons learned for board members from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). What does risk management in the boardroom mean? Who is principally responsible for risk management? What kinds of risks should be reviewed? These are a few of the questions that Steve, Melanie, and Tom will delve into.

We hope you enjoy listening.

In this episode, Mintz Health Care Enforcement Defense specialists Karen Lovitch, Brian Dunphy, and Eoin Beirne discuss key trends in the health care enforcement landscape with Health Law Diagnosed host, Bridgette Keller, focusing on their recent edition of the EnforceMintz newsletter, Analyzing Health Care False Claims Act Cases.

The Mintz Health Law team celebrates the start of 2023 by sharing what they are grateful for as they look back on a year of client service, mentorship, and working together as a team.