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The term "Individual Mandate" typically refers to a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that all United States residents must obtain "minimum essential... more +

The term "Individual Mandate" typically refers to a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that all United States residents must obtain "minimum essential healthcare coverage" unless they qualify for one of eight exemptions under the Act. The Act defines "minimum essential coverage" and levies penalties against individuals who fail to comply with the mandate. less -

SCOTUS ACA Ruling Allows Employers to Consider Improvements

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/27/2021

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

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

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/14/2021

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

Supreme Court Boots Challenge To The Affordable Care Act

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 7/9/2021

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

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/29/2021

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

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

King & Spalding on 6/24/2021

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/24/2021

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

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

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/23/2021

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

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

Kerr Russell on 6/23/2021

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

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

K&L Gates LLP on 6/21/2021

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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/18/2021

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

The Supreme Court - June 17, 2021

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/18/2021

California v. Texas, Nos. 19-840, 19-1019: The Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, as it is commonly known, requires individuals to maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage. As originally passed, the Act...more

Supreme Court Dismisses Another Challenge To The Affordable Care Act

Fisher Phillips on 6/18/2021

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

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

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/18/2021

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

Supreme Court Decides California v. Texas

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/18/2021

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

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

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/17/2021

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

BPCIA Survives Challenge to the Affordable Care Act at Supreme Court

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/17/2021

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

US Supreme Court’s Oral Argument in California v. Texas: Reports of the Affordable Care Act’s Demise May be Greatly Exaggerated

White and Williams LLP on 12/15/2020

This alert is Part 2 of a three-part series where White and Williams will examine the United States Supreme Court case, California v. Texas. Part 1 examined the case in full and how the decision in the case will affect the...more

Summary of Supreme Court Oral Arguments in California v. Texas

Foley Hoag LLP on 12/4/2020

On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in California v. Texas (Dkt. No. 19-840), a case in which the Trump administration and several Republican-led states have asked the Court to strike down the...more

SCOTUS Watch: The ACA and Key Health Law Areas Justice Barrett Could Impact - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/19/2020

Oral arguments in California v. Texas offer a glimpse at how the Supreme Court might rule in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Attorneys Stuart Gerson and Tim Murphy also look at what Justice Amy Coney...more

Texas v. California: SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments About the Constitutionality of the ACA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/18/2020

On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for California v. Texas, a case that will potentially decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). As discussed in prior...more

The Supreme Court Wrestles (Again) With the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/11/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the most recent challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The case has the potential to invalidate the entire law. While the Court’s decision isn’t expected...more

Is the ACA’s Viability at Risk? Thoughts in Anticipation of the California v. Texas Supreme Court Argument

Morgan Lewis on 11/9/2020

As the nation has turned its attention to fighting a global pandemic and the very real, human cost associated with that fight, the decade-old battle over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is once again in the limelight. On...more

Will The ACA Case Now Before The Supreme Court Make It Harder For ERISA Fiduciary Breach Plaintiffs To Establish Standing?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/1/2020

On March 2, 2020, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in California v. Texas, No. 19-840, which appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that struck down the individual mandate to the...more

ERISA Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2019

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/17/2020

Editor's Overview - Happy New Year. We wrap-up 2019 with an article that reflects on significant developments in ERISA litigation during 2019, and takes a look at what's on the horizon for 2020. The courts (at all levels)...more

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