Lee County OKs Purdue opioid settlement, joining Florida's $3.4B push for funds. Deadline to file paperwork is Sept. 30.

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will receive nearly $70 million over the next 15 years as part of a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over their role in the ...

This settlement, reached with all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories, requires the Sacklers to relinquish ownership of Purdue Pharma and bars them from engaging in future opioid ...

The settlement, which includes all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and four U.S. territories, will resolve years of litigation against the company and the Sackler family that owns it, said Platkin.

The settlement would be an end to the legal case against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in pushing the creation and sale of opioids across the country, worsening the opioid ...

A panel of public health experts spent more than a year researching how New Jersey should spend nearly $500 million from a settlement with drug companies, whose business model fueled the deadly ...

Between 2002 and 2015, opioid prescriptions surged by over one million, according to the AG’s office. Between 2014 and 2019, prescription opioids caused 1,611 deaths in the state.

Iowa will receive nearly $40 million in a settlement with the infamous opioid producer Purdue Pharma, state Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced. The $37.8 million announced Wednesday, June ...

After Purdue Pharma agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement, the Sackler family, the company's founders, could see a hit to their net worth. The company announced its settlement with all 55 attorneys ...