“The boss thinks you should lose a few pounds.”
An article yesterday in the Wall Street Journal by Lauren Weber and Rachel Emma Silverman opens with this line, and then
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ALERT! Supreme Court Rules For Hobby Lobby!
“More than 100 people — activists, court enthusiasts and reporters — gathered outside the Supreme Court building early Monday, awaiting the last day of the court’s term, when the justices
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“If Gays Can Marry, And Be Fired For Doing So” — A Hobby Lobby Perspective
On November 2, 2012, we reported that a federal court in Michigan had enjoined the application of the rule of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) that
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The Affordable Care Act, Same Sex Couples, And The “Ministerial Exception”
With our post yesterday on what we feel will be the growth of cases involving religion and the “ministerial exception,” we received an insightful question from Joanne Albertsen, a
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Appeals Court: Secular, For-Profit Corporation Cannot Engage In The Exercise of Religion
We reacted with skepticism in an earlier post about a case reported last November 2nd questioning whether an owner’s religion can be imputed to a corporation, or that the “Patient
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Court Refuses To Enjoin Application of Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptives Rule
We now have a serious split of authority with respect to the women’s preventive care services mandate set forth in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)
On
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Compliance With the ACA Contraception Rule By A Catholic-Owned Company Preliminarily Enjoined
A second federal court has enjoined the application of the ACA’s (“Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”) rule that would have required a Catholic employer to provide employee health insurance