TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Nov 16, 2023

Rite Aid announced today it is suing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop a lawsuit alleging that the pharmacy chain ignored red flags and illegally filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for addictive opioid medication, reports Reuters. Rite Aid asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to rule that the DOJ lawsuit cannot proceed while it is bankrupt. Other opioid plaintiff lawsuits were automatically stopped by bankruptcy filing, the company argues. The DOJ, which sued Rite Aid in March, agreed only to a "brief pause" of its suit after Rite Aid went bankrupt last month, a position that Rite Aid say threatens to undermine the company's restructuring efforts.