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CINCINNATI -- (Mealey's) The individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a valid exercise of Congress' power under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...

A New Hampshire federal judge dismisses a challenge to the Health Care Act by a Medicare recipient, and, a $111 million interest award is issued in a Texas federal patent case. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's Publications...

The 11th Circuit finds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to be unconstitutional in Fla. v. United States HHS , 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16806 (11th Cir. Fla. Aug. 12, 2011) , and, the 9th circuit affirms that plaintiffs...

The 4th Circuit finds Virginia lacked standing to challenge the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Virginia ex rel. Cuccinelli v. Sebelius, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18632 (4th Cir. Va. Sept. 8, 2011) , and, in a separate case, finds the Anti-Injunction...

CINCINNATI -- (Mealey's) The individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a valid exercise of Congress' power under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...

The 4th Circuit finds Virginia lacked standing to challenge the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Virginia ex rel. Cuccinelli v. Sebelius, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18632 (4th Cir. Va. Sept. 8, 2011) , and, in a separate case, finds the Anti-Injunction...

The 11th Circuit finds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to be unconstitutional in Fla. v. United States HHS , 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16806 (11th Cir. Fla. Aug. 12, 2011) , and, the 9th circuit affirms that plaintiffs...

A New Hampshire federal judge dismisses a challenge to the Health Care Act by a Medicare recipient, and, a $111 million interest award is issued in a Texas federal patent case. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's Publications...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge yesterday dismissed a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), finding that Congress did not exceed its power in enacting the individual mandate provision and that...

A Mississippi federal judge dismisses a Health Care Act lawsuit for lack of standing, and, the 2nd Circuit affirms that a couple lacked sufficient evidence to support claims that a company's discharge of molasses violated the Clean Water Act. Hear...

RICHMOND, Va. – (Mealey’s) Saying that no case from any federal appellate court has extended the commerce clause or tax clause of the U.S. Constitution to include the regulation of a person’s decision not to purchase a product, the federal...

The U.S. Supreme Court reverses a California decision involving a minivan's seatbelts, Williamson v. Mazda Motor of Am., Inc., 2011 U.S. LEXIS 1711 (U.S. Feb. 23, 2011) , and a challenge to the Health Care Reform Act based on religious beliefs is...

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...