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This week The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision agreeing with the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) that Oklahoma's Patient's Right to Pharmacy Choice Act (the Act) is preempted by ERISA because it interferes with central matters of plan administration by restricting ERISA plans from structuring their pharmacy networks in a particular manner.
Read MoreThis week the 8th Circuit issued a decision in the case of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Wehbi, which supported North Dakota’s legislative actions to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PCMA v. Wehbi is the first case at the federal appellate level since the landmark Rutledge v. PCMA decision last year that upheld Arkansas law also regulating PBMs.
Read MoreOral arguments have been scheduled for September 1, 2021 at 2:00 PM CST for PCMA v. Wehbi. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated this 8th Circuit case formerly known as Wilke v. PCMA.
Read MoreLanton Law was quoted in law 360’s article titled "High Court Gives Green Light to Regulate PBMs".
Read MoreWe were quoted in Bloomberg Law’s article titled “States Risk Losing Power to Regulate Pharmacy Drug Middlemen” by Lydia Wheeler. The article discusses the pros and cons of Rutledge v. PCMA, which is currently being debated at the Supreme Court.
Read MoreLanton Law had a follow up interview with Law360 regarding the Rutledge v. PCMA Supreme Court oral arguments on October 6, 2020.
Read MoreLanton Law was quoted in Law360’s article titled “High Court to Weight States’ Ability to Rein in Drug Middlemen,” which was written in response to current developments around the Rutledge v. PCMA case.
Read MoreWe have released our August newsletter.
Read MoreLanton Law was interviewed by Pharmacy Times on the implications of the October 6, 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case of Rutledge v. PCMA.
Read MoreWe have been providing occasion updates through our blog on the U.S. Supreme Court case of Rutledge v. PCMA, whose outcome could have wide ranging policy and legal ramifications on pharmacy and pharmacy benefit managers.
Read MoreWe at Lanton Law along with many other pharmacy stakeholders have been closely monitoring the events surrounding the pending U.S. Supreme Court case of Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.
Read MoreWe were quoted in the recent Pharmacy Times article titled “Supreme Court to Rule on States’ Right to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers.”
Read MoreOne case that pharmacy stakeholders have been closely monitoring is Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.
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