CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. John Doe, One, et al.
Case Number:
20-1374
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Firms
Companies
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- America's Health Insurance Plans Inc.
- CVS Health Corp.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Health Law Program
- Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
- Washington Legal Foundation
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December 10, 2021
The Biggest Disability Bias Decisions Of 2021
Though the COVID-19 pandemic commanded the litigation landscape, this year also saw a $125 million jury verdict against Walmart for firing an employee with Down syndrome, and CVS dropping a U.S. Supreme Court case and agreeing to improve access to medication. Here, Law360 takes a look at four key disability discrimination decisions from 2021.
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November 12, 2021
CVS Drops High Court Disability Bias Battle With HIV Patients
CVS Pharmacy abandoned its U.S. Supreme Court challenge to a proposed class action brought by HIV-positive patients who said a requirement that they get prescriptions by mail or at a CVS store, rather than at a neighborhood pharmacy, amounted to disability discrimination.
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October 29, 2021
US Backs Patients In High Court CVS Disability Bias Case
The U.S. threw its support behind a group of people living with HIV who urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that federal law covers their discrimination claims against CVS, alleging their health plans' prohibition on getting specialty medication from local pharmacies unfairly affected them.
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October 01, 2021
4 Workplace Law Questions The High Court Can Answer
A new U.S. Supreme Court term kicks off Monday, setting the stage for the justices to decide several employment-related cases, including a challenge from CVS to an appeals court loss in a discrimination battle. Here are four questions about workplace law the high court is poised to answer.
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September 07, 2021
CVS Tells High Court Mailed Prescriptions Not Disability Bias
CVS Pharmacy Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal law doesn't allow HIV-positive individuals to pursue discrimination claims alleging they were unfairly affected by their health plans' requirement that they get their prescriptions by mail or at a CVS store rather than at a neighborhood pharmacy.
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July 02, 2021
CVS Persuades Justices To Review HIV Bias Case
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review the revival of an Affordable Care Act case alleging CVS Pharmacy's mail-delivery drug program discriminates against HIV and AIDS patients.