The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered that a dispute between numerous independent pharmacies and CVS Caremark Corporation and three of the company’s related business entities (“CVS”) be submitted to arbitration. In Crawford Professional Drugs, et al. v. CVS Caremark Corp., et al., No. 12-60922 (5th Cir. April 4, 2014), 23 drugstores that participated in a pharmacy benefit-management network offered by CVS claim the corporation inappropriately used...
