Purdue Opioid Deal May Be Worth Less Than Drugmaker Promised September 20, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP’s deal to escape thousands of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis may provide less...
Viewpoint: Will Purdue’s Bankruptcy Engulf Its Owners? September 18, 2019 By Tyler Cowen The bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma LP lays bare a distinction that the internet is making it more and more difficult...
Purdue’s Bankruptcy Deal Has Holes the Size of 24 States September 17, 2019 By Steven Church and Jeremy Hill If Purdue Pharma LP wants its bankruptcy plan to work, it’ll have to find a way to halt the kind...
Opioid Deal-Makers Cleared to Represent Cities Across U.S. September 13, 2019 By Jef Feeley A judge approved a bid by U.S. cities and counties suing opioid makers such as Johnson & Johnson and Teva...
Purdue Opioid Deal Pits State Against State on Epidemic Cost September 13, 2019 By Erik Larson and Katherine Doherty Purdue Pharma LP, maker of the highly addictive Oxycontin painkiller, is pitting state against state with its offer of about...
Sacklers to Remain Billionaire Family If Purdue Settles Opioid Lawsuits August 29, 2019 By Tom Maloney and Jef Feeley The Sackler family — once known as global philanthropists backed by a fortune made from opioids and other drugs —...
Sackler Family Backs $11.5 Billion Purdue Opioid Settlement August 28, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin The Sackler family and their embattled drugmaker, Purdue Pharma LP, are backing a proposal to resolve all opioid lawsuits against...
Arizona Asks for US Supreme Court Involvement in Opioid Case August 6, 2019 By Anita Snow and Geoff Mulvihill PHOENIX — Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker...
Fate of Opioid Litigation Hinges on Government ‘Police Power’ June 26, 2019 By Mike Spector and Nate Raymond The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part...
Special Report: How Judges Added to the Grim Toll of Opioids June 25, 2019 By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell WELCH, West Virginia — The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on...