SpecGx LLC v. Underwood et al

  1. December 19, 2018

    Judge Finds NY's $600M Opioid Surcharge Unconstitutional

    New York's $600 million fee on the sale of opioids into the state unconstitutionally prohibits pharmaceutical companies from passing the cost onto consumers, a federal judge said Wednesday in halting payments to the state ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline.

  2. December 10, 2018

    Judge Mulls Several Outcomes For NY Opioid Surcharge Law

    A Manhattan judge probed the pharmaceutical industry's attack on New York's $600 million levy on the opioid industry and the state's defense of the law at a Monday hearing, asking questions that suggested a range of outcomes were on the table between letting the law be and striking it down.

  3. November 28, 2018

    NY AG Asks Court To Toss Drugmaker's Opioid Surcharge Suit

    The New York state attorney general's office has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against the state by a Mallinckrodt PLC subsidiary, one of three cases brought by the drug industry challenging New York's six-year, $600 million surcharge on pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioids.