United States:
No Class Arbitration Available In PBM Case
24 January 2020
Proskauer Rose LLP
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The Eighth Circuit recently concluded that there was no
contractual basis to conclude that a pharmacy benefit manager
agreed to class arbitration with four pharmacies because the
agreement did not use the word "class" or refer to class
arbitration in any way. The Court also rejected the pharmacies'
argument that there was "implicit authorization" for
class arbitration because the pharmacies did not present any
authority to support such a finding. The case is Catamaran
Corp. v. Towncrest Pharmacy, et al., No. 17-3501, 2020 WL
110758 (8th Cir. 2020).
No Class Arbitration Available In PBM Case
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