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STAMFORD, CT - APRIL 2: Purdue Pharma headquarters stands in downtown Stamford, April 2, 2019 in Stamford, Connecticut. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, are facing hundreds of lawsuits across the country for the company's alleged role in the opioid epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans over the past 20 years. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Opioid Settlement

The Supreme Court blocked the historic opioid settlement, involving opioid maker Purdue Pharma on Thursday, stating that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the Sackler family.

US-HEALTH-OPIOID-OXYCODON-ILLUSTRATION This illustration image shows tablets of opioid painkiller Oxycodone delivered on medical prescription taken on September 18, 2019 in Washington,DC. - Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers that the companies churned out and doctors freely prescribed over the past two decades. Well over 400,000 people died of opioid overdoses in that period, while the companies involved raked in billions of dollars in profits. And while the flood of prescription opioids into the black market has now been curtailed, addicts are turning to heroin and highly potent fentanyl to compensate, where the risk of overdose and death is even higher. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Publicis Health Agrees To $350M Settlement Over Role In America’s Opioid Epidemic

Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health in order to settle claims that the company helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the deadly opioid epidemic in the United States.

Supreme Court To Discuss Sackler Family’s $6B Opioid Settlement

The legitimacy of a nearly $6 billion bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of the drug OxyContin, which is blamed for sparking the deadly opioid crisis, will be the subject of arguments before the Supreme Court on Monday morning.