J.E. PIERCE APOTHECARY v. HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH

No. CIV.A.98-12635-WGY.

365 F.Supp.2d 119 (2005)

J.E. PIERCE APOTHECARY, INC., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., and Medfield Pharmacy, Inc. and Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc. on behalf of itself and a class of similarly situated entities Plaintiffs, v. HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC., Health New England, Inc., CVS Corporation, PharmaCare Management Services, Inc. Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A.P. Brower, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, New York City, NY, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey D. Clements, Clements & Clements LLP, Boston, for PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., CVS Corporation, Defendants.

William M. Cowan, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, for CVS Corporation, Defendant.

Steven M. Cowley, Edwards & Angell, LLP, Boston, for PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., Defendant.

Alan P. Danovitch, Boston, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Francis D. Dibble, Jr., Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield, for Health New England, Inc., Defendant.

Ruth T. Dowling, Palmer & Dodge, LLP, Boston, for Harvard Pilgrim, Defendant.

Madeleine A. Estabrook, Edwards & Angell, LLP, Boston, for PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., Defendant.

Michael S. Gardener, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, for CVS Corporation, PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., Defendants.

John C. Kane, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, for Harvard Pilgrim, Defendant.

Alan L. Kovacs, Law Office of Alan L. Kovacs, Boston, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Elaine S. Kusel, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, New York, NY, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Kevin M. McGinty, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, for PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., CVS Corporation, Defendants.

Andrew Nathanson, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, for CVS Corporation, Defendant.

William L. Patton, Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, for Harvard Pilgrim, Defendant.

Albert Powell, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Schulman, New York, NY, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Eugene R. Richard, Wayne, Richard & Hurwitz, LLP, Boston, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Katherine A. Robertson, Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield, for Health New England, Inc., Defendant.

Thane D. Scott, Palmer & Dodge, LLP, Boston, for Harvard Pilgrim, Defendant.

J. Michael Scully, Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield, for Health New England, Inc., Defendant.

Bruce D. Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Washington, DC, for PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., CVS Corporation, Defendants.

Howard Wayne, Wayne, Richard, & Hurwitz, Boston, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Barry A. Weprin, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Schulman LLP, New York, NY, for J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc., Medfield Pharmacy, Inc., Meetinghouse Community Pharmacy, Inc., Sutherland Pharmacy, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Jane E. Willis, Ropes & Gray, Boston, for Harvard Pilgrim, Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

"If everybody keeps doing what they're doing, we will probably never get our arms around the medical expense trend."

Charles Baker, CEO Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Inc., March 11, 20051

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

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