Special Feature: Why The Supreme Court Should Deny Certioriari In King Drug

By Michael A. Carrier

In this issue CPI includes a special feature on the SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. King Drug Co. of Florence (“King Drug”) case to be decided by the SCOTUS this fall.

In its 2013 decision in FTC v. Actavis, the U.S. Supreme Court held that agreements by which brand-name drug companies pay generic firms to settle patent litigation and delay entering the market could have “significant adverse effects on competition” and violate antitrust laws. Since the decision, courts