Solicitor General triumphs in health care case 
Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Donald Verrilli, health care, health care reform, Lawyers of the Year, Lawyers of the Year 2012, Obama, Obamacare, solicitor general
Everyone has experienced a bad day at the office. And most lawyers have developed a thick skin against public criticism and mockery. But only one lawyer this year had to endure being called a “train wreck” on national television and being pilloried for making “the worst Supreme Court argument of all time.”
Such was the low point for Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. after defending the highly divisive Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, before the High Court.
Health care law to have big impact in 2013
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, Affordable Care Act, health care, health care reform
WASHINGTON – Few pieces of legislation will have a more wide-ranging effect on the practice of law in 2013 and beyond than the Affordable Care Act.
What will the hot practice areas be in 2013?
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, banking law, Employment Law, health care, hot practice areas, intellectual property, labor law, litigation
While a stagnant economy means a tough job market for many lawyers, legal staffing experts predict that attorneys with specialized skills will continue to find themselves in high demand in 2013.
Nearly one-third of lawyers plan to hire in coming months
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: attorney staffing, Bankruptcy, commercial law, foreclosures, health care, hiring, hot practice areas, lawyer staffing, Robert Half Legal, support staff
Nearly one-third of lawyers who participated in a recent employment survey said they planned to hire full-time legal professionals during the fourth quarter of 2012.
Health care ruling spurs employment action, tort debate
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: June 29, 2012
Tags: Commerce Clause, Congressional Power, Employment Law, health care, Supreme Court, Taxing Clause, tort reform
WASHINGTON – As lawyers, lawmakers and legal experts continue to digest the 193-page U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding most of the federal health care law, including its individual insurance coverage mandate, one thing is clear: the decision will make an indelible impact on the way lawmakers create law, the way many attorneys work and the legacy of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s Court.
But more immediately, the ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius means that it’s time for many lawyers and their clients affected by the law to get moving quickly to prepare for its implementation next year.
Fate of health care law is anyone’s guess
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 30, 2012
Tags: health care, individual mandate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, severability, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – It’s all over but the ruling. And after three days of oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases in recent memory – the constitutional challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its provision requiring most Americans to carry health care insurance or pay a fine – there’s one thing the experts can agree on: no one knows for sure what the justices will do.
Will Supreme Court amputate parts of health care law?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: health care, individual mandate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, severability, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – On the last of three days of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the federal health care reform law, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pondered whether they should act as virtual surgeons, taking a scalpel to the statute to excise constitutionally problematic portions while leaving the rest in place.
But the justices seemed stuck on a central issue during Wednesday’s arguments: whether the law can function without its heart, which is the individual minimum coverage mandate.
Health care week at the Supreme Court wraps up
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – On the last and longest of the three days of oral arguments in the health care challenge, the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the last two issues in the case: whether the individual mandate provision, if unconstitutional, is severable
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Supreme Court seems split over health care mandate
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 27, 2012
Tags: Commerce Clause, health care, individual mandate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided over the constitutionality of the provision in the federal health care law requiring uninsured Americans to purchase health insurance or be charged a fee.
Supreme Court takes up health care challenge
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 26, 2012
Tags: Anti-Injunction Act, health care, jurisdiction, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court began its historic three-day examination of the challenge to the federal health care law by taking up an issue that could stop the case in its tracks: whether the Anti-Injunction Act bars courts from considering challenges to the law before it is fully implemented in 2015.
There are two questions: Is the penalty for not obtaining health care coverage a tax? And if so, is the AIA a jurisdictional bar preventing courts from hearing challenges at all, or merely a defense that the government can raise?
