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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
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The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The issue at hand is whether the legal shield that bankruptcy provides can be extended to the company's owners, who have not declared bankruptcy themselves.
The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The issue at hand is whether the legal shield that bankruptcy provides can be extended to the company's owners, who have not declared bankruptcy themselves.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The issue for the justices is whether the legal shield that bankruptcy provides can be extended to people such as the Sacklers, who have not declared bankruptcy themselves.
Under the deal, Purdue agreed it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines. That deal that is at the center of Monday's case because it releases the Sacklers from personal liability.
The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
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