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Arguments Heard Over Dismissal Of Lawsuit Challenging Health Care Reform Act
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

PENSACOLA, Fla. - (Mealey's) Oral arguments were heard Sept. 14 in a Florida federal court to determine whether a lawsuit brought by attorneys general challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) should be dismissed ( State of... Read More

Tags: State of Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Bill McCollum , Health Care Reform , Health Insurance , Florida , Florida Attorney General , PPACA , Litigation , 10th Amendment , lawsuit , Attorneys General , National Federation of Independent Business

AGs For 5 States Talk Legal Strategy For Oil Spill
Posted on 3 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MOBILE, Ala. – (AP) The attorneys general from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas want BP PLC to sign an agreement spelling out exactly what "legitimate expenses" they'll cover from the spill. Florida AG Bill McCollum... Read More

Tags: Bill McCollum , oil spill , Florida , Alabama , Louisiana , Litigation , lawsuit , BP , Mississippi , Texas

Small Business Lobby To Go To Court On Health Law
Posted on 14 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (AP) Attorneys general and governors for 20 states won't be alone in their legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The nation's most influential small business lobby is going to court with... Read More

Tags: health care , Health Care Overhaul , Bill McCollum , Barack Obama , Litigation , lawsuit , Dan Danner , National Federation of Independent Business

Judge: Lawsuit Over Health Overhaul Can Go To Trial
Posted on 15 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PENSACOLA, Fla. - (AP) Crucial pieces of a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care overhaul can go to trial, with a judge ruling Thursday he wants to hear more arguments over whether it's constitutional to force citizens to... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Indiana , Georgia , Voting Right Act , Colorado , health care , Health Care Overhaul , Nevada , Nebraska , Judge George Caram Steeh , Bill McCollum , Arizona , Health Care Reform , Civil Rights Act , Social Security Act , Alaska , South Carolina , Pennsylvania , South Dakota , Florida , Alabama , Obama , Medicaid , Idaho , Louisiana , Litigation , Michigan , Stephanie Cutter , Insurance , lawsuit , Utah , Judge Roger Vinson , Washington , Constitution , Mississippi , Attorneys General , Congress , National Federation of Independent Business , Texas , North Dakota

New Guidelines Could Rule Out Many Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MIAMI - (AP) A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to switch seafood suppliers. A hardware store on the Mississippi coast may be left out, too. The latest guidelines... Read More

Tags: Mississippi coast , Gulf Oil spill , Kenneth Feinberg , 9/11 , Bill McCollum , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon , Florida , Alabama , Obama , Jere Beasley , American Association for Justice , seafood , Litigation , lawsuit , BP , compensation fund , Gulf of Mexico , Jeffrey Breit