Oklahoma Drug Law Challenge Resumes After Virus Delays SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to postpone certain oral arguments in light of the Covid-19 health crisis has led a federal judge in Oklahoma to reignite a legal struggle over that state’s regulation of pharmacy benefit managers.

Judge Bernard M. Jones of the Western District of Oklahoma on Wednesday granted Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready’s request to resume a lawsuit over the state’s PBM law. Jones paused the case in January so the Supreme Court could consider a similar challenge to an Arkansas law, but the arguments in that case—initially set for April 27—were postponed until next term in light ...