DOJ Moves to Stop Opioid Bankruptcy Settlement
<p>The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the bankruptcy settlement of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and its former owners, the Sackler family. The DOJ argues that the settlement unfairly protects the Sackler family from lawsuits seeking to assign liability.</p>
<p>After an appeals court rejected the DOJ’s appeal, the agency is now taking its case to the nation’s highest court in an effort to prevent a bankruptcy plan that would shield the Sackler family from opioid lawsuits in exchange for a $6 billion contribution to the overall bankruptcy settlement. This contribution would not be in one lump sum, but would instead be dispersed over the course of several years.</p>
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