Purdue’s Sackler Family Must Face Opioid Suits in New York June 25, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP must face a New York lawsuit claiming they triggered the U.S. opioid epidemic,...
Billions at Stake in Opioid Suits, But It’s No Tobacco Windfall June 24, 2019 By Martin Z. Braun An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers...
Following Opioid Suits, Family Behind Deadly OxyContin Squabbles May 10, 2019 NEW YORK (Reuters) – A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Grumble Openly about Opioid Settlement April 4, 2019 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY — A $270 million settlement between the state of Oklahoma and the maker of OxyContin praised last week...
Opioid Crisis ‘Kingpin’ Is Oklahoma’s New Target in Lawsuit April 4, 2019 By Christine Vestal About the photo: Opium poppy plants in a field in Tasmania, Australia. Oklahoma is claiming that as the prior owner...
Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Suit April 3, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma LP says Massachusetts officials can’t prove that it or other directors masterminded the...
New York Lawsuit Seeks Sackler Family Investments Abroad April 2, 2019 A New York state lawsuit is renewing longstanding questions about where some members of the billionaire Sackler family have invested...
N.Y. Accuses Opioid Maker Purdue of Illegal Fund Transfers to Sacklers March 29, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker despite knowing...
Sackler Family Sued by New York Over Opioid `Catastrophe’ March 28, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners, the Sackler family, were sued by New York state for triggering an addiction...