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Timeline Set For Latest AAM California Challenge

AAM Renews Attack On Legislation Labelling ‘Pay For Delay’ Deals Anticompetitive

 
• By Dave Wallace

A court timeline has been set out for the latest attack by the AAM on Californian legislation that deems “pay-for-delay” litigation settlement deals anticompetitive.

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The AAM Is Once Again Attacking The Californian Law • Source: Shutterstock

A court timeline has been set out for litigating the latest attack by the US Association for Accessible Medicines over a controversial Californian law that deems so-called “pay-for-delay” litigation settlements anticompetitive.

The AAM has previously been unsuccessful in its attempts to attack California Assembly Bill 824, which came into effect from...

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