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First Amendment Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech... more +
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech or the press, preventing citizens from peacefully assembling, or interfering with citizens' ability to petition the government for redress of their grievances. The First Amendment is one of the most sacred aspects of the American legal tradition and has spawned a vast body of jurisprudence and commentary. less -
Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Iowa PBM Law, Citing ERISA Preemption and First Amendment Violations

On July 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa issued a comprehensive preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of Iowa Senate File 383 (the Act), a sweeping law aimed at...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The United States Supreme Court Granted Review in 3 Cases This Past Week

Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Ass’n, No. 18-540. Most states have enacted legislation regulating “pharmacy benefit managers”— businesses that act as middlemen between health insurers and pharmacies, earning...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - January 13, 2020

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On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases: Barr v. Political Consultants, et al., No. 19-631: Whether the government-debt exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Administration Again Attempts to Lower Drug Prices

In 2018, the administration published its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices for U.S. citizens. The Blueprint included 12 proposed actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Taming Big Pharma profiteering is no snap, White House learns in dual defeats

It takes more than a lot of huffing and puffing to blow down the ever-rising high costs of prescription drugs, the Trump administration has found. Two defeats happened last week: officials were forced to pull a plan to curb...more

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