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McDermott Will & Schulte

PBMs Score a Win in Federal Court Against State Regulation

A recent federal court decision has the potential to tip the balance in an ongoing series of skirmishes over state regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In McKee Foods Corp. v. BFP Inc. d/b/a/ Thrifty Med Plus...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The DOL’s Fiduciary Interpretation and the Florida Court Decision

In 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2020-02 to provide an exemption to most prohibited transactions resulting from nondiscretionary fiduciary advice to retirement plans...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Less is More: Brevity is the Soul of Wit

Last month, a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit reversed the Northern District of California’s ruling in Wit v. United Behavioral Health. In Wit, the district court ruled that United Behavioral Health (“UBH”) breached...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID-19 Related Insurance Cases

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Arizona Law Prohibiting Municipalities From Enacting Employee Benefits Ordinances Held Unconstitutional

The Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, has ruled that the Arizona State Legislature overstepped its authority in 2016, when it prohibited Arizona cities and other municipalities from enacting their own employee benefits...more

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