Association for Accessible Medicines v. Underwood et al

  1. February 22, 2022

    Kirkland Snags $200K Fees From NY In Opioid Surcharge Suit

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP was awarded $200,000 in attorney fees on Friday by a New York federal judge from a settlement between a generic pharmaceutical trade group and the state that ended a dispute challenging the constitutionality of passing opioid surcharges on to customers.

  2. December 19, 2018

    Judge Finds NY's $600M Opioid Surcharge Unconstitutional

    New York's $600 million fee on the sale of opioids into the state unconstitutionally prohibits pharmaceutical companies from passing the cost onto consumers, a federal judge said Wednesday in halting payments to the state ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline.

  3. December 10, 2018

    Judge Mulls Several Outcomes For NY Opioid Surcharge Law

    A Manhattan judge probed the pharmaceutical industry's attack on New York's $600 million levy on the opioid industry and the state's defense of the law at a Monday hearing, asking questions that suggested a range of outcomes were on the table between letting the law be and striking it down.