Judge Refuses To Stay UCL Drug Overpricing Suit Against Rite Aid

Mealey's (November 8, 2022, 10:46 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge denied a pharmacy chain’s motion to stay two putative class actions accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by overpricing generic drugs pending the outcome of an appeal involving similar claims against a different pharmacy chain, writing that the suits are four and five years old and the legal issues in the appeal are distinguishable....