Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, have agreed to a historic $7.4 billion settlement in a lawsuit stemming from the deadly toll of their drug.
If one is not reached, it could open the floodgates to lawsuits against Sackler family members. The new settlement could bring to a close a chapter in a long legal saga over the toll of an opioid ...
NEW YORK — A years-long legal battle between Long Island’s Catholic diocese and hundreds of alleged sex abuse victims came to an end Wednesday, with a bankruptcy judge in Manhattan approving a ...