With Stay Lifted, Plaintiff Seeks Injunction In Oklahoma ERISA Preemption Case

Mealey's (May 18, 2020, 12:31 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — In a May 13 memorandum in support of its motion for preliminary injunctive relief, a national trade association tells an Oklahoma federal judge that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) will be irreparably harmed if a state law regulating the administration of pharmacy benefits is enforced and that that harm will only be “exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis” (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Glen Mulready, et al., No. 19-977, W.D. Okla.)....