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Price Limits, Affordability Boards, Penalties, Oh My: Minnesota Enacts Sweeping Drug Pricing Reforms

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Importantly, “price increase” is not defined in this statute. We expect the Minnesota law to face Commerce Clause, vagueness, and possibly other constitutional challenges, similar to those brought against a generic price gouging prohibition in Maryland that was struck down by the Fourth Circuit in 2018 (see our post here ).

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CMS Publishes Grab Bag of Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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Price Transparency Surveys The MDRP statute requires manufacturers to submit only three prices: average manufacturer price (AMP), best price, and nominal prices. Absent from the statute is any requirement to report information on manufacturer costs and price setting. that is not supported by the statute and applicable regulations.”

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On September 30, the Fourth Circuit tentatively calendared oral argument on the companies’ appeal for the December 10–12 argument session. The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence.

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Relist-palooza: Religious exercise, the False Claims Act, takings clause, RICO, bank secrecy, and more

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Because it appears that sitting is mostly empty at the moment, this conference will be a critical one for filling up the court’s calendar. Kevin Younger, who was detained awaiting trial at a Maryland state facility, claimed that guards entered his cell and beat him. relisted after the Jan. 6 conference). Yegiazaryan v.

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Abortion, the death penalty, and the shadow docket

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The federal death-penalty statute has a provision requiring that federal sentence implementation mimic that of the state in which the federal court sits. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2001, at a time when Maryland retained the death penalty, and so there was no other-state designation in the sentencing judgment.

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Relist Watch

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But with so many relists primed to grant, the court may make substantial inroads on filling its fall argument calendar on the next order list. Maryland , 20-101. The court won’t be meeting in conference for four weeks after this Friday. 15 conference. relisted after the Jan. 15 conferences). relisted after the Jan. 15 conferences).

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