In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court rejected a nationwide bankruptcy settlement that would have allocated up to $6 billion to opioid victims and their families and to efforts aimed at combatting the epidemic. Justice Neil Gorsuch argued over a provision granting immunity to the Sackler ...
Neiger said, “The Purdue plan was a victim-centered plan that would provide billions of dollars to the states to be used exclusively to abate the opioid crisis and $750 million for victims of the crisis, so that they could begin to rebuild their lives. As a result of the senseless three...
The nationwide settlement would have forced the Sacklers to give up Purdue and transform the business into a nonprofit manufacturer of opioid addiction treatments. It would also have awarded millions of dollars to state and local governments to respond to the ...
A multibillion-dollar bankruptcy settlement with the maker of Oxycontin will be challenged Monday at the Supreme Court. Justices are weighing whether the wealthy Sackler family, which owned Purdue Pharma, can evade lawsuits over the company's powerf
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Purdue Pharma settlement that would shield the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. Author Barry Meier, who wrote the book "Pain Killer" about the Sacklers and Purdue Pharm
TheU.S. Supreme Courton Thursday voted to block a controversial bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma, the drug company at the center of the opioid crisis. The narrow 5-4 ruling rejected a nationwide bankruptcy settlement from proceeding with the company, and it potentially exposes the company's ow...
In late June, the US Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited opinion reviewing Purdue Pharma’s $6 billion settlement in the national opioid litigation inHarrington v Purdue Pharma.1The settlement had been challenged because it included a bankruptcy deal that allowed Purdue’s family owne...
Families of those lost in opioid crisis 'devastated' by Supreme Court's decision to reject Purdue settlement Supreme Court blocks EPA's interstate air pollution regulation The ruling overturns a 2022 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of a group of homeless people. ...
In agreeing to pause the settlement, the court also said it would take up the case and hear arguments this December. The case arose after the reorganization in bankruptcy of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma – stemming from litigation arising from claims over its role in fueling the opioid ad...
Supreme Court shifts power over federal regulations from agencies to judges By ALEX GUILLÉN and JOSH GERSTEIN 06/28/2024 10:30 AM EDT Updated 06/28/2024 10:53 AM EDT LEGAL The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with O...