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6th Circuit Court of appeals upholds constitutionality of PPACA as other circuits consider the issue

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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July 3 2011

This week, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate portion of the healthcare reform law, the ACA (also known as PPACA

11th Circuit hears arguments in healthcare reform case as the law faces challenges on other fronts

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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June 13 2011

Last week a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit heard arguments in the 26-state lawsuit challenging the healthcare reform law, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka PPACA or The Affordable Care Act or even the ACA to add yet another moniker

11th Circuit hears oral arguments on health reform law

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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June 9 2011

On June 8, 2011, the 11th Circuit heard arguments in the 26-state lawsuit that challenged the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law last year

11th Circuit upholds ruling that recall notice was insufficient to establish defect or causation in medical device case

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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May 31 2011

As we previously reported, the Northern District of Alabama rejected a plaintiff's attempt to use a recall notice and warning letter as evidence of causation in a medical device manufacturing defect case

US Supreme Court to hear PPACA healthcare reform challenge

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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November 20 2011

The Supreme Court announced earlier this week that it would rule on challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s healthcare reform law

Fourth Circuit rules that employer could not unilaterally change retiree health benefits

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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August 11 2011

In an age of escalating healthcare costs, collectively bargained retiree medical coverage presents special problems for employers

Gaming CAFA doesn't pay, at least not in the Eighth Circuit

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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September 6 2011

Sometimes, the most interesting cases, from both a strategic and an equities standpoint, are hidden in the weeds of a statute

The state law variations motion to strike

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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September 13 2011

Readers of this blog know that I've been an early (and ardent) advocate of challenging poorly-conceived class actions as early as possible

What does "objective" class membership mean? - Xavier v. Philip Morris USA

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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September 27 2011

I've written before about the inventiveness of plaintiffs counsel when it comes to tobacco and class actions

With HIPAA, ignorance is not bliss

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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June 1 2012

The trend in increased enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) continues

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