Although not peculiar to health law, a recent Supreme Court decision concerning age discrimination is of interest in that it arises from a New York case. Here's the NY Times lead:
The Supreme Court ruled for older workers Thursday in a closely watched age discrimination case, placing on employers the burden of proving that a layoff or other action that hurts older workers more than others was based not on age but on some other "reasonable factor."The 7-to-1 decision overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York, which said employees had the burden of disproving an employer’s defense of reasonableness.
Read the New York Times coverage here. The decision (Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, No.06-1505, June 19, 2008.) can be found on the Supreme Court's website here.