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John Richer for Fierce Pharma - Billionaire Sackler family can't get legal immunity as part of Purdue bankruptcy deal, Supreme Court rules

June 2024

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“In a 5-4 ideologically scrambled opinion, the court ruled that a bankruptcy settlement that proposed a release of all claims and future litigation against the owners of Purdue Pharma, who had not filed for bankruptcy themselves, was a bridge too far under the bankruptcy code,” John Richer from law firm Hall Estil said in written commentary on Thursday.

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