Files Raise Questions About Purdue Pharma Family’s Transfer of $10B Over Decade December 21, 2020 Members of the wealthy Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, have long denied that the $10 billion...
States Say OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Owes $2.2 Trillion for Opioid Epidemic August 18, 2020 By Mike Spector U.S. states claimed they are owed $2.2 trillion to address harm from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s alleged role in...
U.S. Eyes $13 Billion of Claims in Purdue Pharma Opioid Probes: Reuters August 5, 2020 By Mike Spector U.S. prosecutors are pursuing possible penalties of nearly $13 billion to resolve investigations of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma after uncovering...
Trial Date Set for August in $1.25B West Virginia Opioid Settlement March 11, 2020 By Anthony Izaguirreirre West Virginia communities seeking a $1.25 billion settlement with the opioid industry are set to go on trial against the...
Drug Industry to Pay $1.25B to Settle Opioid Suits with West Virginia March 5, 2020 By Anthony Izaguirreirre and Geoff Mulvihill Communities in West Virginia say they would get $1.25 billion from the drug industry in a proposed settlement that would...
Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Drug Makers in Opioid Suit February 28, 2020 The Tennessee Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid...
Where Purdue Pharma-Sackler Legal Maters Stand Now January 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Mike Spector OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its controlling Sackler family have been negotiating with cities, counties and states on a...
Opioid Kickback Probe Cites OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma: Reuters January 29, 2020 By Mike Spector and Tom Hals OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is the unnamed company that surfaced in criminal charging documents filed earlier this week in...
Delaware Attorney General Loses Appeal Bid in Opioid Lawsuit December 17, 2019 By Randall Chase The state Supreme Court has refused a request by Delaware’s attorney general to review a judge’s decision dismissing Walgreens as...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Arizona Opioid Claim Against Purdue’s Owners December 9, 2019 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that...