October 21, 2024
A group of more than 60,000 victims is backing creditors of Purdue Pharma LP in their efforts to potentially sue members of the Sackler family who own the bankrupt opioid maker, and has also warned against protracted legal battles if current mediation efforts fail.
October 15, 2024
The family that owns bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP is challenging an effort by creditors to claw back billions of dollars transferred by the company to Sackler trusts, telling a New York federal judge that opioid claims fail and can't be used to prove that Purdue made the distributions knowing it was insolvent.
September 30, 2024
Johnson & Johnson and the Justice Department are set to face off in a dispute over whether the consumer products giant was justified in putting a talc unit into bankruptcy in Texas this month, after the U.S. Trustee's Office accused J&J of "forum-shopping" its third Chapter 11 filing.
September 23, 2024
Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP on Monday won its latest extension to mediate a new settlement with creditors, while also shielding Sackler family members who own the company from lawsuits, after its previous deal was scuttled by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
September 05, 2024
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP received bankruptcy court approval on Thursday to extend its ongoing mediation for another 18 days and to continue the litigation shield protecting the Sackler family members who own the company, as parties seek consensus on a new Chapter 11 plan structure.
July 15, 2024
Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 case was tossed for his lack of financial disclosures, Purdue Pharma pressed for renewed plan mediation as creditors hedged their bets by seeking permission to sue its owners, and the parent company of Redbox pivoted to a liquidation due to what it described as mismanagement of the business.
July 09, 2024
Purdue Pharma told a New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday that it plans a two-month "high-speed, high-stakes" attempt to replace the Chapter 11 plan shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court last month before unleashing litigation on its former owning family.
July 08, 2024
The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of drugmaker Purdue Pharma asked a New York bankruptcy judge on Monday for standing to bring actions against members of the Sackler family that own the company after the U.S. Supreme Court torpedoed a precarious settlement among the parties.
April 17, 2024
A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved bankrupt drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP's plan to pay out $7.2 million to three executives and agreed to seal some of the specifics of how the executives' performance would be measured.
September 21, 2023
A New York bankruptcy judge Thursday denied a Canadian First Nation's request to extend its deadline to appeal an injunction blocking it from moving forward with a state court opioid suit against bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP.