California, et al., Petitioners v. Texas, et al.

  1. December 14, 2021

    5 Benefits Rulings From 2021 That Attorneys Should Know

    The U.S. Supreme Court averted chaos for employee health care plans by rejecting a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and the Ninth Circuit gave states a green light to try to boost workers' retirement savings by backing California's auto-IRA program. Law360 recaps these and three other noteworthy benefits rulings from 2021.

  2. November 19, 2021

    IRS Won't Refund Protective Claims After Justices' ACA Ruling

    The Internal Revenue Service won't grant protective claim refunds filed in anticipation of a ruling on a challenge to the Affordable Care Act in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in the case, the agency said.

  3. July 08, 2021

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2021

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions on tribal police authority over non-Indians, Native American voting rights in Arizona, and Alaska Native corporations' eligibility for COVID-19 relief funds, while the full Fifth Circuit rejected a lower court's move to strike down the entire Indian Child Welfare Act.

  4. June 18, 2021

    ACA Ruling Caps Busy 1st Half Of 2021 For Benefits Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act capped off an eventful six months for benefits-related litigation in the federal courts, which have ruled on hot topics including arbitration, forum selection clauses and ERISA preemption.

  5. June 17, 2021

    Munger Tolles 3 Years Ago Quietly Set Stage For ACA Win

    It wasn't just Don Verrilli. Although the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner delivered arguments that helped save the Affordable Care Act once again, Thursday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court shielding the ACA had clear echoes of a pioneering and little-noticed brief his colleagues authored more than three years ago.

  6. June 17, 2021

    ACA Survives Latest Republican Challenge At Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Thursday that Republican states led by Texas lack standing to challenge the Affordable Care Act, the latest win for former President Barack Obama's signature health law in the nation's top court.

  7. February 10, 2021

    Biden's DOJ Drops Support For ACA Challenge At High Court

    The U.S. Department of Justice, now overseen by Democratic President Joe Biden, dropped its support Wednesday for Republican-led efforts to invalidate the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  8. January 27, 2021

    Don't Be Shocked If Biden Drops ACA Attack, Former SGs Say

    Reversing the position of the previous administration at the U.S. Supreme Court is a rare occurrence, but the Biden administration may feel compelled to do so in a pending challenge to the Affordable Care Act, two former solicitors general said Wednesday.

  9. January 03, 2021

    Epic Litigation Landscape Awaits Health, Life Sci Attys In 2021

    Health care and life sciences lawyers are heading into an electrifying year of litigation as the Trump administration's 11th-hour policymaking sparks legal challenges, the coronavirus pandemic ignites fraud suits, fodder grows for kickback probes and the U.S. Supreme Court mulls momentous cases involving the False Claims Act, abortion and Obamacare. 

  10. January 03, 2021

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2021

    Native American law practitioners are anticipating U.S. Supreme Court decisions in cases dealing with tribal police authority over non-Indians and the survival of tribal health care provisions tied to Obamacare, and will be tracking the progress of litigation over the opioid crisis and tribes' opposition to the southern border wall. Here's a look at those cases and more attorneys will be keeping an eye on in 2021.