July 31, 2020
Native American law practitioners will be keeping an eye on the full Fifth Circuit's upcoming decision on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, an Eighth Circuit dispute over whether a federal worker safety law applies to a Minnesota tribe's fishing company, and U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments with implications for tribal provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
July 29, 2020
In a U.S. Supreme Court clash over the Affordable Care Act's validity, Democratic lawmakers and attorneys general on Wednesday touted recent opinions from Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying they clearly show why the ACA should survive a Republican-led assault.
July 09, 2020
A wave of U.S. Supreme Court petition denials has made 2020 a bit of a letdown for patent attorneys, but there are several high-profile cases on the horizon that could decide the fate of Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges and biosimilars law, and offer more clarity on licensing standard essential patents.
June 25, 2020
Democrats are making irrelevant points about the coronavirus pandemic driving up demand for health care to make the U.S. Supreme Court squeamish about a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, Republican state attorneys general told the high court on Thursday.
June 24, 2020
House Democrats unveiled legislation Wednesday to boost major sections of the Affordable Care Act and fiercely contrasted their vision with President Donald Trump's effort to nullify the entire ACA at the U.S. Supreme Court during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 14, 2020
A host of tribes and tribal organizations has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to split off health provisions for Native Americans from the Affordable Care Act if the court decides the law's individual mandate must go, saying those parts of the law have no connection to the constitutional questions around the mandate.
May 13, 2020
A Republican-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality attracted wide-ranging attacks Wednesday in a flurry of amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court, including several briefs joined by state attorneys general, legal scholars and economists with conservative views.
May 06, 2020
Democratic attorneys general and lawmakers seized on the coronavirus pandemic and warned against "judicial overreach" Wednesday in opening briefs that urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Republican-led lawsuit aimed at invalidating the Affordable Care Act. Here are five highlights to know.
March 02, 2020
If the U.S. Supreme Court uses a case it picked up Monday to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, companies with 50 or more employees would no longer have to provide health insurance to full-time workers.
March 02, 2020
In a momentous move, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a legislative change to the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate rendered the landmark law unconstitutional.