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09/03/2026

How do innovative climate solutions secure the capital and partnerships needed to reach commercial scale?

During Climate Week NYC, Mintz is helping to bring together leaders from across the climate and energy ecosystem to explore that question.

Here's where you'll find us:
📍 September 22 | Dynamo Energy Transition Summit

Held in partnership with Nasdaq, this summit hosts energy leaders, investors, founders, and policymakers to discuss the trends, technologies, and investment strategies shaping the future of the energy transition.

📍 September 22 | CleanEcon Climate Week Roundtable: Financing First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Clean Energy Projects

Sahir Surmeli joins industry leaders at a roundtable hosted by us alongside CleanEcon and I2 Project to discuss the commercialization, investment, and financing strategies needed to scale first-of-a-kind clean energy projects.

📍 September 23 | Climate Cup Hockey Game & After Party

We’re sponsoring the inaugural Climate Cup, where the climate and energy community will connect on the ice and afterwards explore how technology, investment, and leadership can advance climate solutions.

📍 September 24 | Financing the Energy Transition: Investor Perspectives on Scaling Climate Infrastructure

Rachel Gholston joins leading investors to explore where capital can accelerate critical infrastructure development and the energy transition.

See you at Climate Group's Climate Week NYC!

08/26/2026

The legal challenges facing a women-owned biotech startup using data-driven AI to improve women’s health rarely fit within a single practice area.

Marguerite McConihe shares her perspective on advising at the intersection of AI and women’s health, including how early decisions about the training, documentation, and deployment of AI models can affect what is patentable and how technology can be commercialized.

She also explains how a coordinated approach can help founders avoid trade-offs later and create flexibility as their products, the regulatory environment, and business strategies evolve.

In recognition of Women's Equality Day, we’re highlighting Marguerite’s work supporting women-owned biotech startups as they protect their core technologies and build paths to market.

Read the full Q&A: https://bit.ly/4hKhSxA

08/25/2026

Honest workplace conversations are rarely easy but avoiding them can create bigger challenges over time.

In the latest episode of Mintz On Air: Practical Policies, host Jen Rubin speaks with Celia Eckert, General Counsel of Xencor, about how candid feedback, curiosity, and empathy can strengthen workplace trust.

Their conversation explores:
• How feedback timing promotes receptivity
• How curiosity improves performance conversations and builds workplace trust
• How to focus on positive aspects of performance while still encouraging improvement

Do you advise on, manage, or lead sensitive workplace conversations? This episode offers practical guidance on addressing issues directly while building trust.

🗣️ Listen here: https://bit.ly/4ccvpu1

08/18/2026

Could AI dictate your next hiring decision through invisible instructions hidden inside a resume?

As employers adopt AI tools for hiring and recruiting, they also face a new challenge: AI prompt injections, which are hidden directions designed to deceive AI into advancing an uncredentialed candidate.

In the latest episode of Mintz On Air: Practical Policies, host Jen Rubin is joined by Kevin Kim to discuss:

• How AI prompt injections can manipulate AI-driven hiring and recruiting processes
• Practical strategies for strengthening workplace safeguards against deceptive AI tools
• Why businesses must be vigilant about security and confidentiality risks associated with unauthorized AI use
• Why keeping humans in the loop remains essential when using AI to support hiring and employment decisions

Whether you're an HR professional, in house counsel or a business leader, this conversation offers practical tips to understanding the risks AI poses in the workplace.

🎙️ Listen here: https://bit.ly/4gjdZx5

08/14/2026

Operation TrialBlazer, an initiative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, could change how sponsors conduct early-stage clinical development in the US.

The initiative targets delays in first-in-human trials, streamlines certain investigational new drug application expectations, and seeks to improve clinical trial enrollment infrastructure. For life sciences companies, the key question is whether these proposals shorten development timelines in practice.

This edition of FDA in Flux also covers:

• FDA’s recent approach to generative AI-enabled medical devices and what it may signal for future software developers.

• FDA’s finalized framework for psychedelic drug development and what sponsors, contract research organizations, and investors should be watching.

• Several significant FDA rulemaking priorities that could affect pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and other FDA-regulated companies.

This edition will be useful for companies and investors in the areas of life sciences, medical device and software, psychedelic drugs, clinical trials, and food, as well as their regulatory, legal, and compliance teams tracking FDA policy changes.

🔎Read the full August edition at the link in the comments.

08/13/2026

Before becoming an intellectual property attorney, Sophia Petrichenko worked in medical devices and biotech, including as a systems engineer and a regulatory and legal documentation writer at a startup. That experience gave her firsthand insight into how innovations move from concept to market and the challenges companies face along the way.

Today, Sophia draws on her technical background to help clients protect their innovations at every stage of development.

🛡️Read Sophia's story and other attorneys’ reflections on their unconventional paths to law in our Community & Commitment Report: https://bit.ly/3S6l2RI

08/05/2026

How accessible is DOE Energy Dominance Financing? As energy and infrastructure developers look for new sources of capital, understanding the realities behind eligibility requirements, financing structures, technology readiness standards, and the application process is becoming increasingly important.

In the latest edition of our Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections newsletter, we explore the financing, deal activity, regulatory developments, and market forces shaping the sector.

The August edition covers:

☀️ Insights from John Lushetsky of ML Strategies, who dispels common misconceptions about DOE Energy Dominance Financing and explains what project developers and investors should know about the program

☀️ An attorney spotlight on Jessica (Jessy) Vaughn, who shares her perspective on working at the intersection of renewable energy, venture capital, and complex transactions

☀️ A discussion with Spring Lane Capital's Rob Day on power strategy, microgrids, renewable energy, and the energy infrastructure required to support growing AI-driven data center demand

☀️ Highlights from recent sustainable energy and infrastructure M&A activity, including transactions across solar, EV charging, renewable energy, and clean technology markets

☀️ Key litigation and regulatory updates, including developments related to California's climate disclosure requirements

The full issue is available at the link in the comments. 👇

07/29/2026

AI-generated applications, deepfakes, and new background check requirements are changing how employers vet candidates, but the stakes remain the same: identifying qualified hires while managing legal and business risk.

In the latest episode of Mintz On Air: Practical Policies, host Jen Rubin is joined by Mintz Associate and employment attorney Joyce Dos Santos to discuss:

🖊️ Common vetting mistakes, from failing to verify credentials to misusing criminal history information

🖊️ Compliance considerations under the FCRA, EEOC guidance, and state and local laws

🖊️ How inadequate or inconsistent screening can create unnecessary enterprise risk lead

🖊️ Why it is important to tailor background checks to each position but at same time ensure individualized assessment of employment candidates

Whether you're an HR professional, in-house counsel, business leader, or board member, this episode offers practical guidance for understanding and implementing effective background check processes and managing legal risk arising from candidate vetting.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/4frL9eK

07/28/2026

🌎This World Conservation Day, we're spotlighting two pro bono matters that are helping address global environmental challenges. Through our work with the Gentle Earth Project and the University of Oxford, Mintz attorneys have supported initiatives focused on reforestation in Haiti and climate policy implementation research.

These projects highlight how legal counsel can help turn environmental goals into action and advance long-term sustainability efforts. 🌱

Read more about the impact: https://bit.ly/4c3gFxm

07/24/2026

Over a decades-long career, Member Emerita Kim Marrkand helped build Mintz’s nationally recognized Insurance Practice, representing insurers in property and casualty, directors and officers liability, and reinsurance matters.

Featured in our Community & Commitment Report, Kim reflects on the breach of contract case that inspired her vision for a dedicated insurance practice. She shares how a client-first approach, deep industry knowledge, and a strong l’esprit de corps helped turn a single engagement into one of Mintz’s most enduring client relationships.

Hear Kim’s perspective on building trust, growing a team, and knowing the work is in good hands.

Watch the full video and explore more perspectives from women at Mintz: https://impact.mintz.com/b

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