This from a NCPA email
APRx Lawsuit Against CVS Caremark Moves Ahead
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected CVS Caremark’s appeal of an earlier federal court ruling that most of Texas-based American Pharmacies’ (APRx) lawsuit against the drug store chain/PBM/mail order conglomerate must be heard in open court. The ruling by the three-judge appeals panel Feb. 11 means the lawsuit can now proceed. CVS Caremark had sought to send the entire case against it and its subsidiaries to closed-door arbitration.
Six APRx board members, all independent pharmacy owners, filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all non-CVS pharmacies in September 2010. It alleges violations of both the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) patient privacy law and the Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as well as trade secret misappropriations.
Interesting… they wanted a class action suit… involving 50 K stores.. to be closed door arbitration.. anything to keep from having to give a deposition and let attorneys into the corporate archives.
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