Don't Believe the Hype: The Real Effect of Hobby Lobby on Employers & Employees
JURIST Guest Columnists Renee Mattei Myers and Redeate Dessalegn of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC discuss the effect of the recent US Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. on employers and employees... In a 5-4...
Hobby Lobby urges Supreme Court to review case against contraception mandate
Hobby Lobby on Monday filed a brief in the US Supreme Court , urging the court to review its case regarding the constitutionality of the birth-control mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Federal judge grants Hobby Lobby exemption from birth control mandate
Judge Joe Heaton of the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Friday granted Hobby Lobby a temporary exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST...
Government has regulated public access to contraceptives for centuries. During the nineteenth century, the distribution of contraceptives was regulated under the Comstock Act of 1873, which banned the sending of obscene and lewd material through the mail. In addition to...
Tenth Circuit rules for Hobby Lobby in health care challenge
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Thursday ruled that Hobby Lobby may challenge the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)...
Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling
Hobby Lobby, Inc. requested an exemption from the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in an en banc hearing before the US Court...
US legislators join Hobby Lobby in challenge to contraception mandate
A group of nine senators and two representatives joined to file an amicus brief Tuesday in support of Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. in their ongoing court battle against being compelled to provide employees...
Obama administration allows religious nonprofits to opt out of birth control coverage
The Obama administration issued a new rule on Friday detailing a broader exemption to the contraception mandate, allowing for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance coverage for birth control to opt out of the...
Federal court blocks contraception mandate for construction company over religious objections
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily enjoined the enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (PPACA) contraceptives coverage mandate for an Illinois construction company. The company, owned...
Two businesses will not comply with Supreme Court's order on contraception mandate
Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. announced Thursday that they will not comply with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's order that the companies provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
