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Highlands County School Board authorizes joining insulin‑pricing multidistrict litigation

Highlands County School Board · December 10, 2024
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Summary

After an outside counsel presentation, the Highlands County School Board voted to authorize retaining contingency‑fee lawyers to pursue claims in a federal multi‑district litigation that alleges insulin manufacturers and PBMs overcharged government purchasers.

The Highlands County School Board voted to authorize the retention of outside counsel to pursue claims related to insulin pricing in pending multi‑district litigation. The board acted after a presentation by Natalia Salas, a partner at the Ferraro Law Firm, who described consolidated federal cases alleging price‑fixing and a lack of transparency by insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Salas told the board the firm represents government entities on contingency and has been appointed to leadership in part of the…

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