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Barbara Underwood
Barbara D. Underwood is a former attorney general of New York. Underwood was first appointed attorney general by the state legislature on May 22, 2018, following the resignation of former officeholder Eric Schneiderman on May 8, 2018, amid allegations of his sexual misconduct and abuse.[1][2] The New York State Legislature unanimously voted to appoint Underwood attorney general on May 22, 2018, which made her the first woman to hold the position.[2] Underwood did not run for re-election in 2018, and left office on January 1, 2019.
Biography
Barbara Underwood earned a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Underwood was appointed solicitor general of New York in 2007 by then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. She was reappointed in 2011 by then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Her professional career includes serving as acting solicitor general of the United States, as principal deputy solicitor general, in executive positions in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and in two New York City District Attorney’s Offices (for Brooklyn and Queens), and as a trial attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. She also worked as a tenured professor at Yale Law School and taught at the New York University School of Law and at Brooklyn Law School.[3]
Elections
2018
- See also: New York Attorney General election, 2018
Barbara Underwood did not file to run for re-election.
Noteworthy cases
New York leads 11 states and Washington, D.C. in ACA lawsuit
Eleven states and Washington, D.C., led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D), filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging that the U.S. Department of Labor violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it released a proposed rule regarding Association Health Plans (AHPs) on January 4, 2018. The attorneys general asked the court to declare the rule invalid.[4]
The rule proposed exempting small employers who offer one group health plans to employees from certain requirements that apply to the individual and small-group insurance markets, but not the large-group market, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In the complaint, the attorneys general argued that the rule was unlawful because it violated "the text, structure, and purpose of the ACA" and would allow individuals to "skirt the ACA's market protections." They said the rule failed to justify a departure from previous legal precedent and to account for a history of fraud related to AHPs. They also concluded that it would harm the states, which would have to ensure AHPs comply with state insurance laws.[5]
See also
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External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Barbara Underwood attorney general profile
- Attorney general of New York
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Eric Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General, Resigns Amid Abuse Accusations," May 7, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pacific Standard, "New York state lawmakers appoint first woman to serve as attorney general," May 22, 2018
- ↑ Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood, "About the Acting Attorney General," accessed May 15, 2018
- ↑ The Hill, "States sue Trump administration over expansion of skimpy group insurance plans," July 26, 2018
- ↑ United States District Court for the District of Columbia, State of New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, July 26, 2018
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New York Attorney General 2018-2019 |
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