Court lacks jurisdiction to rule on health care reform law
A federal court lacked jurisdiction to decide that the recently enacted federal health care reform law was constitutional, the 4th Circuit has ruled in vacating judgment and ordering a dismissal. The...
View ArticleState can’t sue to strike down Obamacare
A state lacked standing to challenge the individual mandate authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing a decision declaring portions of the...
View ArticleHealth care mandate unconstitutional
Congress does not have the authority under the Commerce Clause to require individuals to purchase a minimum level of health insurance coverage, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled in...
View ArticleHealth care reform is constitutional
The new federal health care reform law does not violate the Constitution by imposing a tax penalty on individuals who fail to maintain a minimum level of health insurance, the D.C. Circuit has ruled....
View ArticleHealth care challenge to top busy Supreme Court term
Picking the most important case of the current U.S. Supreme Court term is no easy task, given that the justices are primed to take up issues such as the states’ ability to regulate immigration,...
View ArticleLawyers USA’s Top Ten Opinions of 2011
As usual, there were a number of noteworthy decisions from federal and state courts in 2011: 1. Topping the list is the 11th Circuit’s decision to strike down the individual mandate in the new federal...
View ArticleThe tax implications of the health care law
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the health care law late last month, the decision upholding the individual health insurance mandate made headlines. But lost in the details and unknown to many was...
View ArticleHealth care law to have big impact in 2013
WASHINGTON – Few pieces of legislation will have a more wide-ranging effect on the practice of law in 2013 and beyond than the Affordable Care Act. After a two-year holding pattern that left lawyers...
View ArticleSolicitor General triumphs in health care case
Everyone has experienced a bad day at the office. And most lawyers have developed a thick skin against public criticism and mockery. But only one lawyer this year had to endure being called a “train...
View Article8th Circuit blocks federal contraception mandate
The new federal requirement that all group health plans must include coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive methods probably violates the religious rights of an employer who is a devout Catholic, the...
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