New-Proposal-Could-Settle-Purdue-Sackler-Opioid-Payment-Cases-With-15-States

By Fran KritzSeven months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a bankruptcy reorganization of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the company-together with members of the family that own the firm-have renegotiated a settlement that has been accepted by more than a dozen state Attorneys General.The case that was overturned by the court, 5 to 4, last June included legal protections for the Sackler family. According to the court’s majority opinion, however, the bankruptcy court that approved th