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Liberty University Petitions Supreme Court Over Dismissal Of Health Care Reform Case
Posted on 12 Oct 2011 by Cheryl Keely

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A Christian school on Oct. 10 filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking review of a divided lower court decision that held that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) stripped the court of jurisdiction... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Jeff Helgeson , U.S. Attorney General , Martha A. Neal , Michele G. Wadell , Hilda L. Solis , Liberty University v. Timothy Geithner , U.S. Treasury , Anti-Injunction Act , Health Care Reform , Mary T. Bendorf , Pausanias Alexander , Liberty University Inc. , managed care , Kathy Byron , secretary of Labor , Health and Human Services , PPACA , Litigation , Joanne V. Merrill , Kathleen Sebelius , U.S. Supreme Court , Dr. David Stein , AIA , Timothy Geithner

Liberty University's Challenge Of Health Care Law Dismissed
Posted on 1 Dec 2010 by Cheryl Keely

LYNCHBURG, Va. - (Mealey's) A Virginia federal judge on Nov. 30 dismissed a lawsuit brought by group of plaintiffs in Virginia, including a private Christian university, challenging the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , Jeff Helgeson , U.S. Attorney General , Martha A. Neal , Michele G. Wadell , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , Hilda L. Solis , U.S. Treasury , Liberty University Inc. v. Timothy Geithner , Health Care Reform , Mary T. Bendorf , Pausanias Alexander , Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals , Obama , Kathy Byron , Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act , secretary of Labor , Health and Human Services , PPACA , Litigation , Insurance , Joanne V. Merrill , Kathleen Sebelius , lawsuit , Dr. David Stein , Timothy Geithner , Judge Norman K. Moons , Liberty University

Feeder Funds To Pay Nearly $220 Million To Settle Madoff Ponzi Scheme Fraud Claims
Posted on 14 Nov 2012 by Timothy Raub

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Four Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC feeder funds and several of their current and former owners and officers have agreed to pay nearly $220 million to settle claims that they breached their fiduciary duties under... Read More

Tags: ERISA , In re: Beacon Associates Litigation , U.S. Department of Labor , Hilda L. Solis , J.P. Jeanneret Associates Inc. , Ponzi scheme , John P. Jeanneret , Employee Retirement Income Security Act , Paul Perry , financial services , Beacon Associates Management Corp. , Andover Associates Management Corp. , breach of fiduciary duties , Bernie Madoff , Litigation , BLMIS , Settlement , Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC , Harris Markoff , Ivy Asset Management LLC , Joel Danziger

Arkansas Plaintiffs Move To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Health Care Reform Act
Posted on 8 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - (Mealey's) Arkansas residents challenging the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) on Sept. 8 in Arkansas federal court moved to dismiss their class action complaint without prejudice ( Jeannie... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , U.S. Department of Labor , Jeannie Burlsworth , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , secretary of Health and Human Services , Hilda L. Solis , Health Care Reform , Health Insurance , class action , U.S. Department of the Treasury , Jeannie Burlsworth v. Eric Holder , secretary of Labor , PPACA , Litigation , Kathleen Sebelius , lawsuit , Eric H. Holder Jr. , secretary of the Treasury , Todd Sharp , Timothy F. Geithner

U.S. Supreme Court Says Employment Law Case Belongs In District Court, Not Federal Circuit
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Dec. 10 that a federal employee claiming that an agency action appealable to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) violates an antidiscrimination statute in 5 U.S. Code Section... Read More

Tags: Carolyn M. Kloeckner v. Hilda L. Solis , Federal Circuit , Civil Service Reform Act , U.S. Department of Labor , Hilda L. Solis , Employment Law , Carolyn] Kloeckner , DOL , secretary of Labor , Employment Benefits Security Administration , Litigation , Merit Systems Protection Board , MSPB , U.S. Supreme Court , CSRA