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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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What the Supreme Court's "Chevron Deference" Ruling Could Mean for Health Care Law

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Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more

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HHS Issues Guidance to Pharmacies Regarding Access to Reproductive Health Care

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Following President Biden’s Executive Order on ensuring access to reproductive health care, on July 13, 2022, HHS issued guidance to U.S. retail pharmacies regarding their obligations under federal civil rights laws. This...more

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U.S. High Court Says No Emotional Distress Damages For Discrimination under Rehab Act and ACA

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The Supreme Court of the United States, on April 28, 2022, held that emotional distress damages are not available for private discrimination claims under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Affordable Care Act...more

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SCOTUS Rules Emotional Distress Damages Unavailable for Suits Under Certain Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws

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In a recent April 28, 2022 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of a Texas physical therapy provider, Premier Rehab Keller, PLLC (Premier Rehab), in a suit where petitioner Jane Cummings...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Bars Emotional Distress Damages Under Section 504, Title VI, Title IX, ACA

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that emotional distress damages are not recoverable in private actions to enforce statutes authorized by the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more

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Supreme Court Holds That Emotional Distress Damages Are Not Available Under Title VI, Title IX, and Other Spending Clause Statutes

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In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff suing under Title VI (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination), Title IX (prohibiting sex...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SCOTUS ACA Ruling Allows Employers to Consider Improvements

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The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed the third major legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Dorsey and Whitney LLP attorneys say that with court challenges to the ACA no longer looming, the outlook for improvements...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS in Review, Biden Acts to Limit Non-Competes, NY HERO Act Model Safety Plans - Employment Law This...

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we recap the U.S. Supreme Court’s term and its impact on employers. U.S. Supreme Court Employment Law Decisions in Review (see video attached) The Supreme Court’s term ended on...more

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Supreme Court Boots Challenge To The Affordable Care Act

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On June 17, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs in California v. Texas et. al lacked standing to challenge the validity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”). The highly anticipated...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Stand Down – The Affordable Care Act Survives Another Supreme Court Challenge

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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, finding that the plaintiffs who challenged the ACA lacked standing to bring the lawsuit....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

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On June 17, 2021, in California v. Texas, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the third time in nine years. Texas, 17 other states, and two individuals brought...more

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SCOTUS Doesn’t Want to Tell Us How They Really Feel About The ACA

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Dismissal of ACA Lawsuit Based Only on Standing Grounds - Seyfarth Synopsis: In Texas v. California, the Supreme Court rejected another challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare” or “ACA”). The Court never reached...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (a Third Time)

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Soon after the Affordable Care Act (“ACA” or the “Act”) was passed in 2010, its critics initiated the first major legal effort to strike down the entire law as unconstitutional. That case, National Federation of Independent...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

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In California v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has once again considered and rejected a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Act)...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021 #2

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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more

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The Affordable Care Act Survives Supreme Court Challenge: What Happens Next?

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The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in California v. Texas regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), rejecting the third major challenge to the law. The Supreme Court held in a 7–2...more

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Not with a Bang, But a Whimper—Supreme Court Kicks Latest ACA Challenge for Lack of Standing

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On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in California v. Texas (No. 19-840) and Texas v. California (No. 19-1019), holding 7-2 (Justice Breyer, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices...more

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Supreme Court Dismisses Another Challenge To The Affordable Care Act

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Thanks to a ruling yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act remains fully intact and will remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future. In a 7-to-2 vote, the Court dismissed a case that challenged...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act (Again) in California v. Texas

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For the third time since its passage, the United States Supreme Court has saved the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) from a legal challenge. In a 7-2 decision in California v. Texas, the Court held that several Republican-led...more

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Supreme Court Decides California v. Texas

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On June 17, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided California v. Texas, holding that States and individuals challenging the Affordable Care Act lack standing to claim that the “individual mandate” is unconstitutional after...more

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Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Challenge in U.S. Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 17, 2021, ruled 7-2 that Republican states, led by Texas, lack standing to challenge the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the case of California et al. v. Texas et al., Justice Stephen Breyer wrote...more

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BPCIA Survives Challenge to the Affordable Care Act at Supreme Court

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On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in California et al. v. Texas et al. (No. 19-840), upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A bloc of U.S. states, led by Texas, and two individuals...more

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: A New Lease on Life for the Affordable Care Act?

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On March 10, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”). This $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package not only includes a whole host of healthcare-related provisions, but, along with...more

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HHS Revokes Arkansas and New Hampshire Medicaid Work Requirements

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On March 17, 2021, HHS notified Arkansas and New Hampshire officials that it was withdrawing its approval of demonstration projects which had permitted those states to impose work requirements as a condition for eligibility...more

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