New York high court rules state can collect sales tax from out-of-state companies
The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that New York may impose a sales tax on out-of-state retailers that do business within the state. At issue in the case was a 2008 state...
Philippines Supreme Court temporarily blocks state funding for contraceptives
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday temporarily blocked implementation of a law that provides for state funding of contraceptives. The legislation , which was signed into law last year following approval ...
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Missouri health insurance law that required insurers to issue policies without contraception coverage if individuals or employers objected for religious or moral reasons. Judge Audrey Fleissig for the...
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...
Supreme Court Justice denies injunction against contraceptive coverage mandate
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied Hobby Lobby, Inc.'s application for injunction which would have prevented enforcement of the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text;...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday blocked a Missouri law which prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for any employers with ethical or religious objections, finding that...
Federal court urged to dismiss Oklahoma challenge to health care law
Attorneys for the federal government on Monday filed a motion with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to dismiss a complaint challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text;...
