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Hooper, Lundy & Bookman Expands San Francisco Office
Posted on 1 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - Hooper, Lundy & Bookman P.C. (HLB) has announced that four veteran health law attorneys have joined the firm as partners in the firm's San Francisco office. The four - M. Steven Lipton, Harry Shulman, Paul T. Smith and W. Clark... Read More

Government Urges Appeals Court To Uphold Health Care Law
Posted on 19 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Obama administration said Wednesday that health care reforms should be upheld in the courts because the costs of the uninsured are a burden on interstate commerce. In arguments filed in a federal appeals court in Atlanta, the... Read More

Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review Of Health Care Law
Posted on 25 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature... Read More

New Jersey Doctors' Group Suing To Block Health Care Law
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEWARK, N.J. - (AP) A federal appeals court hearing arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of last year's U.S. health reform law focused primarily on whether plaintiffs need to demonstrate they are suffering economic harm... Read More

Virginia Wants Health Care Lawsuit Before Supreme Court
Posted on 4 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

RICHMOND, Va. - (AP) Virginia's attorney general wants his lawsuit against the federal health care law to go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Thursday he plans to file a motion to bypass an appeals court after... Read More

Minnesota's Pawlenty Ups Challenge To Health Care Reform Law
Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ST. PAUL, Minn. - (AP) Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential GOP presidential candidate, stepped up his attack Thursday on President Barack Obama's federal health care law with a court filing challenging its cost to states. Pawlenty and Rhode Island... Read More

4th Circuit Considers If Dismissal Of Health Care Law Challenge Appropriate
Posted on 11 May 2011 by Cheryl Keely

RICHMOND, Va. - (Mealey's) A group of plaintiffs in Virginia, including a private Christian university, argued before the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 10 that a lower court erred in finding that Congress acted within its power in enacting... Read More

Supreme Court Takes No Action On Virginia's Challenge To Health Care Law, For Now
Posted on 18 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although the state of Virginia has asked for its lawsuit challenging the federal health care law to go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court, the high court on April 15 took no action on the request, the Associated Press has reported.... Read More