Businesses sue IRS in challenge to employer health insurance mandate rule 
Published: May 2, 2013
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Congress, congressional authority, federal court, Internal Revenue Service
WASHINGTON – A group of small businesses have filed a lawsuit challenging a rule imposed by the Internal Revenue Service under the federal health care law, alleging that the agency exceeded its authority by expanding the law’s employer mandate.
Jury awards $285K in Fosamax case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 20, 2013
Tags: bellwether trial, bone decay, federal court, Fosamax, verdicts
In the latest bellwether case to go to trial over the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, a New York federal jury has awarded $285,000 to a woman who suffered injuries to her jaw after using the drug.
Several groups file suit challenging CFPB’s authority
Published: June 22, 2012
Tags: Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal court
WASHINGTON – Several organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that created a consumer watchdog agency with broad authority to regulate mortgages, credit cards and other consumer financial products from banks and nonbanks.
Justices take on problem of consecutive future sentences
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 30, 2011
Tags: concurrent sentence, consecutive sentence, federal court, state court, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – In a case considering whether federal judges have the authority to impose a sentence to run consecutively with a state court sentence that hasn’t yet been imposed, the government and the defendant both urged the Supreme Court to rule in the negative. But at oral arguments on Wednesday the justices seemed skeptical.
Individual bankruptcy filings continue to rise, says report
Published: August 15, 2011
Tags: Bankruptcy, federal court, U.S. Courts
WASHINGTON – Individual bankruptcy filings continue to rise, according to the latest annual report of bankruptcy statistics from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Judge doubles damages in retaliation case
Published: April 20, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, federal court, Massachusetts, retaliation
A Massachusetts federal court has doubled the damages recently awarded by a jury to a man who was fired from his job after filing an age discrimination claim.
Federal jury awards $2.25 million for retaliation
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 13, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, federal court, Massachusetts, retaliation
A federal jury in Boston has awarded $2.25 million in damages to a man terminated after filing an age discrimination claim.
