Sackler Family

It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case

7:29pm December 04, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The justices struggled to decide whether to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the multi-billion dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal--a deal meant to compensate victims of OxyContin.

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The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a challenge to the deal meant to compensate victims of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin.

Politics & Government

Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court

9:11am December 04, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Under the deal, Purdue agreed it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines. That deal is at the center of Monday's case because it releases the Sacklers from personal liability.

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Beth Macy's "Raising Lazarus" highlights those on the front lines of harm reduction

12:38pm November 17, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

Author Beth Macy’s latest book, “Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis,” documents those who are on the ground working in harm reduction across the United States. Woven throughout these profiles, Macy also dives into the intricacies of the litigation aimed at holding Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family accountable.

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Just Stop Oil activists glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London earlier this month. Museums and famous artworks have long been the site of public protests.

Protests at art museums are nothing new. Here are 3 famous examples from history

9:47am October 26, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Climate groups like Just Stop Oil are making headlines for targeting famous works of art in their fossil fuel protests. It's a tactic that other individuals and groups have used over the last century.

Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY. The family members and victims gave statements to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court with the Sackler family, who own Purdue P

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

5:38pm March 10, 2022

by Brian Mann

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

Sackler family is willing to pay more in Purdue opioids settlement, mediator says

7:37pm February 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Under the latest proposal, the Sacklers would contribute between $5.5 billion and $6 billion, an increase from the $4.3 billion they had agreed to earlier.

Demonstrators scattered fake money and prescription bottles of OxyContin outside of The United States Bankruptcy Court in response to the overdose crisis.

National

The Purdue Pharma Deal Would Deliver Billions, But Individual Payouts Will Be Small

5:00am September 28, 2021

by Martha Bebinger

People who were addicted to OxyContin or lost loved ones who were addicted to the drug expect very little in compensation from the multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement.

Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy with a more than $10 billion plan to settle claims that it fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic by illegally pushing sales of its addictive OxyContin painkiller. The company's headquarters in Stamford, Conn., is shown here in

The DOJ Moves To Block The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal That Shields The Sacklers

1:54pm September 16, 2021

by Brian Mann

The DOJ is seeking to block implementation of any part of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal until legal challenges are settled. The deal granted Sackler family members immunity from opioid lawsuits.

Two demonstrators protest against U.S. Judge Robert Drain, who has granted immunity from future opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family.

The Sacklers, Who Made Billions From OxyContin, Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits

6:56am September 02, 2021

by Brian Mann

The decision by a federal bankruptcy judge grants members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, sweeping protection from any liability for the opioid crisis.

David and Kathe Sackler, members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, testified via video to a House Oversight Committee hearing on Dec. 17, 2020. Sackler family members have acknowledged that the drug had a role in the opioid cr

National

The Sacklers Want Immunity From The Opioid Crisis For A Long List Of Their Associates

11:05am August 20, 2021

by Brian Mann

In the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy trial now underway, scrutiny has focused on the Sacklers' demand for immunity from opioid lawsuits that would extend to a vast network of individuals and businesses.