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Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Challenge Health Care Act, 9th Circuit Affirms
Posted on 15 Aug 2011 by Cheryl Keely

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 13 affirmed a lower court ruling that plaintiffs challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Act (PPACA) lacked standing to challenge the act because they... Read More

Supreme Court Denies Review Of Health Care Reform Suit
Posted on 9 Nov 2010 by Cheryl Keely

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 declined review of the first petition for writ of certiorari filed in a case challenging the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ( Steven Baldwin, et al. v. Kathleen... Read More

New Food Safety Law Protects Whistleblowers
Posted on 14 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MINNEAPOLIS - (AP) Food industry workers who become whistleblowers gained protection against retaliation from their employers with a little-noticed provision in the sweeping food safety law President Barack Obama signed last month. The Food Safety and... Read More

Maine Labor Mural Now Subject Of Federal Lawsuit
Posted on 4 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PORTLAND, Maine - (AP) Maine Gov. Paul LePage's decision to remove a mural about the state's labor history from the Department of Labor in Augusta is now subject of a federal lawsuit. A lawsuit that's being filed Friday in U.S. District Court... Read More