October 28, 2020
Whether Purdue Pharma's unsecured creditors can stop the Sackler family from using corporate funds to pay a $225 million fine that's part of the $8 billion OxyContin settlement with the federal government will wait for parties to negotiate over the company's Ch. 11 plan, a New York bankruptcy judge said Wednesday.
October 27, 2020
Creditors of drugmaker Purdue Pharma on Tuesday asked a New York bankruptcy judge to bar the use of corporate funds to pay the $225 million that members of its former owning family owe the government under the $8 billion OxyContin sale settlement announced last week.
October 21, 2020
While the $8 billion criminal and civil settlement OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma made with the federal government resolves the Chapter 11 claim from its single largest creditor, it could draw fatal opposition in bankruptcy court for failing to address the potential liability related to the Sackler family's ownership of the company.
October 16, 2020
Purdue Pharma and members of its former owning family are asking a New York bankruptcy judge to reject new document requests by the unsecured creditors committee in its Chapter 11 case, saying the committee is seeking privileged communications without justification.
October 14, 2020
Dozens of state attorneys general on Wednesday slammed the U.S. Department of Justice's plan to preserve Purdue Pharma as a public beneficiary trust through a proposed settlement that could end federal liability the company faces for its alleged role in the opioid epidemic.
September 30, 2020
A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave Purdue Pharma another five months free from opioid suits and permission to make $26 million in employee retention payments after being told claim distribution mediation between the drugmaker and its creditors is bearing fruit.
September 22, 2020
The Office of the United States Trustee objected Tuesday to a proposed $45 million Chapter 11 bonus plan from bankrupt painkiller maker Purdue Pharma, saying the company has already been approved to pay $38 million in retention and incentive bonuses to employees and the new plan doesn't contain meaningful benchmarks.
September 21, 2020
A handful of U.S. senators urged a New York bankruptcy judge Monday to reject a compensation proposal that could see Purdue Pharma CEO Craig Landau pocket a bonus of up to $3.5 million, calling the possibility an "affront" to victims of the opioid crisis.
September 17, 2020
Purdue Pharma LP is asking a New York bankruptcy court to extend the injunction blocking thousands of suits against it over its role in the opioid crisis until March, saying that allowing the stay to expire in October would scuttle the progress it's made in its reorganization efforts.
August 26, 2020
Purdue Pharma told a New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday that the NAACP will get its seat at the table in the mediation to determine how the assets of the bankrupt drugmaker will be distributed to victims of the opioid crisis.