Another Judge weighed in on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Finding the individual mandate unconstitutional, Judge Roger Vinson of the District Court in Florida invalidated the entire law and ordered the federal government cease implementation of PPACA’s provisions. The lawsuit in Florida was brought by twenty-six states, claiming the [...]
As seen in the January 31, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law last March. Almost as soon as he put his pen down, challenges were filed. The challengers make two main arguments: 1) PPACA’s individual mandate is outside the scope of Congress’ power under [...]
The myriad of anti-business legislation in New York continues. The new Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA), which takes effect in April, increases employers’ paperwork obligations and subjects them to greater damages under New York’s wage and hour laws. Under the new law, an employee can collect back wages plus an equal amount of liquidated damages [...]
President Obama signed a bill which allows many people to collect an extra thirteen weeks of unemployment benefits. The Federal government often provides extended benefits when there is a period of high unemployment. If a person’s unemployment benefits run out between now and December 2011, he/she is eligible for this extra thirteen weeks of benefits [...]
The Federal Government recently amended its final regulations under the healthcare reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)), offering some employers a bit of reprieve. The new amendments change the way in which a group health plan can maintain its “grandfathered” status, that is, remaining exempt from certain new (often expensive) requirements. [...]