June 21, 2019
The first half of 2019 saw an extraordinary eruption of important court decisions likely to leave lasting marks on the opioid crisis, the False Claims Act, the Affordable Care Act and Medicare reimbursement. Here, Law360 takes stock of consequential health care and life sciences rulings that lawyers need to know.
April 26, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that it will appeal a D.C. federal court ruling that found a key provision in the association health plan rule the agency finalized in June amounted to an unlawful "end run" around the Affordable Care Act.
March 28, 2019
A Washington, D.C., federal judge struck down a key part of the Trump administration's association health plan rule Thursday, saying a provision that allows small businesses and the self-employed to buy health insurance on the large-group market was intended as an unlawful "end run" around the Affordable Care Act.
December 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor has doubled down on defending its association health plan rule in Washington, D.C., federal court with a little help from the National Restaurant Association's legal affiliate and a coalition of employer associations.
December 05, 2018
The American Medical Association has told a D.C. federal judge that the U.S. Department of Labor's association health plan rule flies in the face of Affordable Care Act's aim of trying to make sure patients across the country can get good, affordable health coverage.
November 29, 2018
A coalition of states has shot back at the U.S. Department of Labor's attempt to end a lawsuit challenging the agency's association health plan rule, urging the court to reject the federal government's argument that the states don't have standing to sue.
November 07, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Society for Human Resource Management have thrown their support behind the U.S. Department of Labor's bid to nix a lawsuit challenging the agency's association health plan rule, saying the rule would help small-business employees have greater access to affordable care.
October 31, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the agency's association health plan rule, telling the judge the states that sued over the rule do not have standing to challenge the measure.
August 24, 2018
A group of states and the District of Columbia have urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to give them a quick win in their suit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule on association health plans, saying the rule breaches the Affordable Care Act.
July 26, 2018
Eleven states and the District of Columbia challenged the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule on association health plans in a lawsuit filed Thursday in D.C. federal court, saying the rule unlawfully expands the agency's interpretation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's definition of "employer" and flouts the Affordable Care Act and Administrative Procedure Act.