JESSE J. HOLLAND

• 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  June 17, 2013

  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can be sometimes be illegal and therefore challenged by federal officials in court.

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  Court says human genes cannot be patented

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  June 13, 2013

  The Supreme Court rules that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes.

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  High court weighs generic drug policies

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  March 25, 2013

  Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent.

• Federal judges sue to win promised pay increases

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  December 14, 2012

  With the nation teetering on an economic "fiscal cliff," federal judges may soon force Congress to dedicate possibly millions of dollars to what some of those same judges must consider a worthy cause: their own salaries.

• Scalia says no 'falling out' with Roberts

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  July 19, 2012

  Justice Antonin Scalia said he hasn't had a "falling out" with Chief Justice John Roberts over the Supreme Court's landmark 5-4 decision validating much of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

• Twins conceived after dad died won't get benefits

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  May 21, 2012

  The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man's children who were conceived through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits.

• Conservative justices question insurance mandate

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Mark Sherman  |  March 27, 2012

  Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court's conservative justices has cast serious doubt on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.

• Court says state can't be sued over sick leave

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  March 20, 2012

  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states cannot be sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act for refusing to give an employee time off to recover from an illness. One justice said the decision "dilutes the force" of the law that allows millions of working Americans time off to...

• Court throws out Prometheus drug patent

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  March 20, 2012

  The Supreme Court has tossed out a medical patent for Prometheus Laboratories, a decision that could affect the burgeoning field of personalized medicine.

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  Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Mark Sherman  |  November 14, 2011

  The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul — more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times — in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election.