News & Press Releases

Mintz Member M. Daria Niewenhous co-authored an American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Business Law and Governance Practice Group Briefing that featured a Q&A discussion with two strategic communications and media experts, including Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications of ML Strategies Nancy J. Sterling, APR, Fellow PRSA, offering insights on best practices for proactive and reactive media communications for healthcare organizations.

Vice President of ML Strategies Christian Fjeld was quoted in an article published by Bloomberg Law on how the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 may impact the industry due to the government’s purchasing power.

In Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, Vice President of ML Strategies Christian Fjeld was quoted on the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, which establishes security standards for IoT devices owned or controlled by the federal government and was recently signed into law by President Trump, and its potential “spillover effects” into the private sector.

In an article published by Inside Health Policy, Mintz Member Joanne Hawana and Senior Director of ML Strategies Aaron Josephson commented on calls from industry leaders for the Biden administration to consider making the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an independent agency, separate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which they assert would be unlikely to move very far in Congress.

An article published by Inside Health Policy featured extensive commentary from Senior Director of ML Strategies Aaron Josephson on priorities for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee following the 2020 Presidential election. Mintz Member Joanne Hawana was also quoted in the article.

In an article published by Law360, Vice President of ML Strategies Christian Fjeld was quoted on how the 2020 election could reshape the communications industry, specifically with regards to leadership on relevant congressional committees and the possibility of reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.