Ark. Attorney General To High Court:  8th Circuit Expanded ERISA’s Preemptive Reach

Mealey's (February 27, 2020, 2:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals improperly expanded the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s reach when it found that a state law regulating drug reimbursement rates for pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) is preempted by ERISA, the Arkansas attorney general argues in a petitioner brief filed Feb. 24 in the U.S. Supreme Court (Leslie Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, No. 18-540, U.S. Sup.)....