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MDL Judges Can’t Meddle In Past Orders: 3rd Circ.

Law360, New York (September 24, 2009) -- A federal appeals court has reinstated an arbitration order tossed by the transferee judge in pharmacy benefit managers antitrust multidistrict litigation, saying MDL judges cannot overturn a transfer court's orders, with few exceptions.

In a precedential decision issued Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered plaintiffs-appellees led by Bellevue Drug Co. back to arbitration with AdvancePCS, now known as...

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