Supreme Court's Decision Looms Over Opioid Settlement for Purdue Pharma
TL;DR
The Supreme Court will decide whether the multibillion-dollar settlement reached by Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and the Sackler family, the company's owners, is legal. The settlement would grant the Sacklers immunity from further civil lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. The ruling will have significant implications for the victims and those responsible for the crisis.
- Opioid Victims Have a Settlement. Will the Supreme Court Undo It? The New York Times
- Actually, Opioid Victims Love the Sackler Immunity Shields The American Prospect
- The Supreme Court is torn over Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement The Economist
- Supreme Court May Push Sackler Opioid Case to Congress Bloomberg
- Will Purdue's opioid settlement be overturned? CBC.ca
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