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Federal Court calls "individual mandate" unconstitutional
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 16 2010
A Federal Court in Virginia ruled on December 13 that the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring most Americans to carry insurance or pay a fine is unconstitutional
Judge allows healthcare reform challenge to move forward
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- October 25 2010
On October 14, a federal judge declined to dismiss two of the six claims in a healthcare reform lawsuit filed by 20 states
Healthcare lawsuit may move forward
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- September 27 2010
Also on September 14, the healthcare reform lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 20 states against the federal government appeared ready to move forward - at least in part
ERISA litigation: an update from the ALI-ABA conference on financial and insurance litigation
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- July 21 2010
ERISA litigation, once considered a dull backwater of the law, has been gaining increased interest and attention in recent years: the result of an aging population and an increasingly sophisticated and aggressive plaintiffs' bar
Ninth Circuit: automobile insurer did not engage in bad faith by refusing to pre-authorize treatment under PIP coverage
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- February 2 2010
In Sadler v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, No. 08-35859 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2009), the insureds sued their insurer for bad faith, among other claims, arising from their insurer’s refusal to pre-authorize surgery under the personal injury protection (“PIP”) provision of the automobile insurance policy
Court examines duty to defend funeral homes accused of participation in organ harvesting
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently examined whether an insurer must defend a crematorium and funeral home against several lawsuits alleging that they participated in an organ harvesting scheme
