Supreme Court Weighs Legality of Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Dec. 4 in a challenge by the Biden administration to the legality of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement. The settlement would shield the company’s wealthy Sackler family owners from lawsuits over their role in the country’s opioid epidemic. We have outside view o...