In 2015, the State of Arkansas passed Act 900, a law created to regulate the practices of pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”). Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass’n v. Rutledge at 1111. PBMs serve as a link between pharmacies and health plans. Id. PBMs run mail-order...
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Joel and Marlene Sereboff were injured in a car accident in the summer of 2000. They received almost $74,869.37 in payments for medical services from Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. (“MAMSI”), their healthcare insurer under a plan provided through...
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James Thole and Sherry Smith are retirees of U.S. Bank, N.A. (“U.S. Bank”) and participants in its defined benefit pension plan (the “Plan”). Thole v. U.S. Bank, Nat’l Ass’n at 621–22. In 2013, Thole and Smith brought a class action in the United...
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Respondent Edison International (“Edison”) is a holding company with interests in electrical utilities and other energy concerns, with a full-time workforce of over 14,000 employees. Tibble v. Edison Int’l, 711 F. 3d. 1061, 1066 (9th Cir. 2013); Facts...
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Early in 2007, a young driver lost control of her car and crashed into James McCutchen’s vehicle. US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671, 673 (3d Cir. 2011); Brief for Respondent, James McCutchen, at 4. Following the initial impact, another truck...