Competing Motions For Summary Judgment Filed In ERISA Preemption Row

(October 21, 2021, 5:07 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — In an Oct. 8 reply brief in support of its September motion for summary judgment, a lobbying group argues that an Oklahoma law intended to regulate pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) promotes “local interests at the expense of national objectives,” in violation of the express preemption provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as well as Medicare Part D....