from Sacklers connected to Purdue Pharma....

sputtered in Congress. Suits against the company and the Sacklers, including from several states, have

sputtered in Congress. Suits against the company and the Sacklers, including from several states, have

Supreme Court wrestles with Purdue Pharma settlement and legal shield for Sackler family" Forget a

would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from future

charges.... Those groups are now joining with Purdue and Sackler family members to defend the plan

The U.S. Justice Department moved Thursday to block a bankruptcy plan that grants broad legal immunity to pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, whose drug OxyContin has been at the heart of the nation’s opioid epidemic. William K. Harrington, U.S. trustee for the Justice Department, filed a motion in federal court to halt confirmation of the settlement while the department appeals the judge’s decision to approve the deal. Harrington said that the court should grant his request for a stay because

“ The Sacklers are buying their immunity, ” he said. But other families said they did not want to

Family members of those who died in the opioid crisis protested the Sackler deal as the Supreme

1 protecting the company and the Sacklers from litigation.... The Stamford, Conn.-based company