March 02, 2020
In a momentous move, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a legislative change to the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate rendered the landmark law unconstitutional.
January 21, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Democrats' push to fast-track consideration of whether a congressional change to the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate rendered the landmark law unconstitutional, likely pushing any potential ruling past the 2020 election.
January 15, 2020
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday came under withering fire from health care trade groups and bipartisan economic scholars at the U.S. Supreme Court for ducking a decision on the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality.
January 10, 2020
Republican state attorneys general and the Trump administration on Friday pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid quickly deciding whether to take up a major constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, accusing Democrats of concocting a bogus emergency.
January 03, 2019
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives moved late Thursday to defend the Affordable Care Act against an existential legal threat, tapping Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Donald B. Verrilli Jr. — who as U.S. solicitor general helped defeat another suit aimed at destroying the ACA — to represent them.
January 03, 2019
The attorneys general for 16 states and the District of Columbia announced Thursday that they are appealing a controversial Texas federal court ruling last month that struck down the entire Affordable Care Act.
January 01, 2019
The health care industry in 2019 will watch with bated breath as a guillotine hangs over the Affordable Care Act, historic litigation involving the opioid crisis heads to trial and the murky meaning of a landmark False Claims Act decision becomes clearer. Here, Law360 gets attorneys up to speed on must-watch cases in the year ahead.
December 17, 2018
A Texas federal judge's declaration that the entire Affordable Care Act is invalid left attorneys questioning why the judge didn't actually halt the ACA's operation and where the litigation is headed next.
December 14, 2018
In a shocking decision, a Texas federal judge ruled late Friday that the entire Affordable Care Act must be invalidated because its individual mandate, a cornerstone of the landmark law, will soon become unconstitutional.
September 05, 2018
A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that he'll soon issue a ruling on whether the Affordable Care Act will sink or swim, after a hearing in which 20 Republican-led states argued the ACA's individual mandate doesn't pass constitutional muster and the entire law should be struck down.