Following a review of briefs and a hearing, the preliminary injunction was granted, barring Arkansas Act 624 from taking effect.

A U.S. federal court judge has blocked first-of-its-kind legislation enacted in Arkansas to ban pharmacy benefit managers ...

For now, the law is on hold. CVS is still in business in Arkansas, and still reimbursing both itself and its competitors.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a first-in-the-nation law that would prohibit companies that own PBMs from also ...

A federal judge on Monday, July 28, 2025 issued a preliminary injunction against a new Arkansas law that would have closed ...

The plaintiffs, which include PBM affiliates of CVS Health and UnitedHealth as well as Cigna, argue that the Arkansas law ...

The state's new law has implications for employer plans, benefits advisors and patients all around the country ...

U.S. District Judge Brian Miller on Monday (July 28) blocked an Arkansas law to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning PBMs and pharmacies from going into effect. PBMs ...

A federal court has halted implementation of controversial Arkansas legislation following legal challenges from a major ...

This story was updated at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 to include a statement from The Cigna Group. A federal judge ...

The injunction is a loss for Gov. Sarah Sanders and a win for CVS, which previously said the state law likely would have ...

A federal court has placed an injunction on an Arkansas law preventing Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies, citing the Commerce Clause and TRICARE prescription claims as ...