Walgreens Fight Against its Former Firm Crowell Gets Early Win

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. earned a victory with an appeals court advancing its claim that a health insurer improperly helped the retailer’s former law firm, Crowell & Moring, break its fiduciary duty.

The Illinois Appellate Court’s First Judicial District ruled Sept. 29 that Walgreens’ claim can proceed, finding that a trial court last year erred in dismissing it.

Walgreens in 2022 claimed that Health Care Services Corp. helped Crowell breach its fiduciary duty by retaining the law firm for a case involving a prescription drug program Crowell once advised Walgreens on.

The appeals decision resuscitates a fiercely litigated dispute tied ...