( March 17, 2025, 1:18 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — Boston has filed notice that it is appealing to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals an order dismissing its case against two pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in which a Massachusetts federal judge found that the city’s claims against the PBMs for their role in contributing to the opioid XE
"opioid" epidemic are time-barred and that the city lacks standing; separately, one of the PMBs on March 14 filed a notice of cross-appeal, saying the judge erred in refusing to disqualify Motley Rice LLC from representing Boston and others in the suit....