Supreme Court Halts Purdue Pharma's $6B Settlement: Sackler Family's Shield From Opioid Lawsuits Challenged
On Thursday, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a $6-billion bankruptcy settlement by Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin, that would shield the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. The court also announced that it will hear a challenge to the settlement by a U.S.