{"id":33168,"date":"2024-02-27T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=33168"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:51:27","slug":"the-legal-drama-behind-purdue-pharmas-6b-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/the-legal-drama-behind-purdue-pharmas-6b-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legal Drama Behind Purdue Pharma&#8217;s $6B Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Center for Disease Control, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/opioids\/basics\/epidemic.html#:~:text=From%201999%2D2021%2C%20nearly%20645%2C000%20people%20died%20from%20an%20overdose%20involving%20any%20opioid%2C%20including%20prescription%20and%20illicit%20opioids1.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nearly 645,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> people died from opioid overdoses between 1999-2021. This massive figure accounts for opioids acquired either illicitly or with a prescription.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The epidemic was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7479783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">largely driven by pharmaceutical companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who were well aware of the drugs&#8217; dangerous addictive properties but nonetheless encouraged doctors to prescribe them to patients seeking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/marijuana-vs-opioids-which-is-more-effective-for-treating-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pain relief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After decades of harm against both opioid users and their families, Americans are finally fighting back. The first pharmaceutical company to face substantial consequences is Purdue Pharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last decade, Purdue Pharma has been met with lawsuits from states, local governments, Native American tribes, and victims of the epidemic. These plaintiffs are seeking damages for the company\u2019s part in the opioid epidemic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with mountains of lawsuits after the Purdue Pharma settlement, the organization did what most American companies do in the face of consequences. In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the company filed for bankruptcy, hoping to settle with the many individuals seeking justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Understanding the Purdue Pharma Settlement<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the bankruptcy filing the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, proposed the following settlement for the many lawsuits they were facing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-supreme-court\/#:~:text=The%20Sacklers%20agreed%20to%20contribute%20more%20than%20%244%20billion%20across%20a%20decade%20%E2%80%94%20an%20amount%20that%20ultimately%20rose%20to%20%246%20billion%20%E2%80%94%20toward%20efforts%20to%20fight%20the%20opioid%20crisis.%20The%20settlement%20also%20includes%20%24750%20million%20to%20compensate%20victims%2C%20who%20may%20be%20eligible%20to%20receive%20between%20%243%2C500%20and%20%2448%2C000.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$4 billion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which plaintiffs eventually negotiated up to $6 billion, to fight the opioid crisis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$750 million for victims of the opioid crisis who are eligible to receive between $3,500 and $48,000 payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The public release of millions of private documents from within the company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vow to restructure Purdue Pharma as a public benefit company where its profits are used to make products that combat opioid addiction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In exchange for this massive settlement, the Sackler family asked for protection from all further opioid crisis-related lawsuits. The proposed settlement was approved by 95% of victims. The 2,600 holdouts meanwhile, had an issue with the Sackler family receiving legal protection as part of the settlement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This disagreement about the settlement terms led to years of legal back and forths, which have only recently reached their conclusion. What follows is my attempt at forming a coherent timeline of the courtroom drama that ensued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Drama In The Courts: A Timeline<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to go through with its bankruptcy settlement, Purdue Pharmaceuticals had to present its case to the New York-based 2nd Circut Court of Appeals. In September 2021, the court ruled that the proposed settlement \u2014 including the Sackler legal protections \u2014 was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/purdue-pharma-can-protect-sackler-owners-opioid-bankruptcy-court-rules-2023-05-30\/#:~:text=The%20New%20York%2Dbased%202nd%20U.S.%20Circuit%20Court%20of%20Appeals%20said%20that%20U.S.%20bankruptcy%20law%20allows%20legal%20protections%20for%20non%2Dbankrupt%20parties%2C%20like%20the%20Sacklers%2C%20in%20extraordinary%20circumstances.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fair game<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The court cited U.S. bankruptcy laws and its past decisions on similar cases as the basis of their approval.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, this was not a decision the court made happily. One of the presiding judges, Richard Wesely, put out an opinion stating that he reluctantly came to an agreement on the decision. Wesley stated that in his eyes, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calawyers.org\/business-law\/purdue-pharma-l-p-v-city-of-grande-prairie-in-re-pharma-l-p-69-f-4th-45-2nd-cir-2023\/#:~:text=By%20reason%20of%20controlling%20Second,direct%20claims%20against%20third%20parties.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. bankruptcy law does not explicity allow courts to wipe away lawsuits against non-debtors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like the Sacklers. He suggested that Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court step in to clarify the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the New York Courts\u2019 decision, a number of states and the 2,600 holdouts challenged the approval. The detractors cited the legal protections given to the Sacklers as their reason for challenging the decision. The detractors were joined in their efforts by the U.S. Trustee, an arm of the Justice Department.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A federal district court agreed with the detractors and rejected the settlement plan in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-rejected\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December 2021<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, even this decision would not last. Shortly after, Purdue Pharma appealed the decision, leading to ANOTHER reversal in favor of the Sacklers in May 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to take a look at the court&#8217;s ruling, putting a pause on Purdue Pharma\u2019s bankruptcy settlement plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Supreme Court\u2019s Controversial Opinion on the Purdue Pharma Settlement<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After much deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Purdue Pharma on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-12-04\/supreme-court-favors-purdue-pharma-deal-with-6-billion-from-sacklers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December 4th, 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 putting an end to the back-and-forth legal saga. The Court upheld Sackler\u2019s $6 billion bankruptcy deal meant to help the victims of the opioid crisis. The majority of the Justices agreed that the deal was the best possible outcome for the victims, even though it shielded the Sackler family from future lawsuits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh\u2019s opinion was critical of the role the Biden Administration played in delaying the payouts to victims. Kavanaugh <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-12-04\/supreme-court-favors-purdue-pharma-deal-with-6-billion-from-sacklers#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20federal%20government,the%20Sacklers%20themselves.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told a Justice Department lawyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe federal government, with no stake in this at all, is telling the families we will not give you a prompt payment and to allow this money to go to the states for programs to prevent future overdoses and future victims. And all in exchange for this somewhat theoretical idea that they\u2019ll be able to recover money down the road from the Sacklers themselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, not all Justices were in agreement with the decision \u2014 namely Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The pair\u2019s argument questioned the legality of extending bankruptcy law protections to individuals (the Sacklers) who were not bankrupt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What\u2019s Next For Opioid Crisis Victims?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purdue Pharma\u2019s massive settlement is not the last we\u2019ll hear regarding the opioid crisis. On <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/opioid-settlement-mckinsey-insurers-purdue-pharma-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December 30th, 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, San Francisco\u2019s Federal Court ordered consulting firm McKinsey and Company to pay out $78 million for its role in the opioid crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecutors argued that the firm played a leading role in creating the marketing and sales tactics used by Purdue Pharma to push opioids. The case was brought forward by insurers and healthcare funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Center for Disease Control, nearly 645,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999-2021. 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