Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, Petitioner, v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

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Case Number:

18-540

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Supreme Court

Nature of Suit:

4950 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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April 02, 2020
Insurance Groups Tell Justices PBM Law Would Upend ERISA

A health insurance trade organization told the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus brief Tuesday that an Arkansas law requiring pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacies equally is preempted by federal law, saying states' interference with uniform national standards threatens the very existence of employer benefit plans.
March 26, 2020
Trade Group Urges High Court To Bury Arkansas PBM Law

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association has pushed back on Arkansas' bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court revive a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, telling the justices the statute flew in the face of ERISA's "fundamental purpose."
March 03, 2020
Feds Tell High Court ERISA Doesn't Doom Arkansas PBM Law

The federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to undo the Eighth Circuit's ruling that an Arkansas law regulating pharmacy benefit managers' drug reimbursement rates was trumped by ERISA, saying the finding stretched the federal law's preemption provision too far.
March 02, 2020
46 AGs Back Arkansas In High Court ERISA Preemption Fight

A bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general, several pharmacy groups and other industry organizations threw their support behind Arkansas at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, arguing that the state's law regulating pharmacy benefit managers' drug reimbursement rates wasn't trumped by ERISA.
February 25, 2020
Ark. Tells High Court ERISA Doesn't Nullify Drug-Payment Law

An Arkansas law requiring companies that manage benefit plans' prescriptions to reimburse pharmacies equally doesn't encroach on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Arkansas' attorney general told the U.S. Supreme Court in the opening act of a case that could settle whether states can regulate pharmacy benefit managers.
January 17, 2020
High Court ERISA Case Has States, Pharmacies On Edge

If the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t side with the state of Arkansas and rule against pharmacy benefit managers in the newest ERISA case on its docket, states’ ability to regulate drug prices could suffer a body blow and many local pharmacies could go out of business, state lawmakers, officials and pharmacist groups warn.
January 10, 2020
High Court Wades Into ERISA Drug-Pricing Battle

The U.S. Supreme Court picked up its fourth Employee Retirement Income Security Act case of the term on Friday, opting to review the Eighth Circuit's controversial holding that the federal benefits law restricts states' ability to regulate benefits administrators' drug reimbursement rates.
January 01, 2020
ERISA Cases To Watch In 2020: All Eyes On The High Court

2020 is shaping up to be a banner year for benefits law, with three ERISA cases on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket and a number of other high-profile lawsuits circulating through the appellate courts. Here, Law360 looks at what the coming year may hold for benefits attorneys.
December 18, 2019
Trade Group Urges Justices To Avoid Ark. Benefits Law Fight

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association has blasted the federal government's recommendation that the U.S. Supreme Court review the trade association's win at the Eighth Circuit, which found that ERISA trumped an Arkansas law regulating pharmacy benefit managers.
December 05, 2019
Gov't Wants Justices To Tackle ERISA Preemption Case

The federal government has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take on a case challenging an Arkansas law regulating pharmacy benefit managers' drug reimbursement rates, arguing that the Eighth Circuit wrongly held the statute was trumped by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.