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Purdue Pharma L.P.

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7:19-bk-23649

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New York Southern

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  1. September 24, 2021

    California AG Announces Appeal Of Purdue Ch. 11 Plan

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday became the latest attorney general to announce an appeal of the approval of Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan, saying the OxyContin maker's former owners in the Sackler family must be held accountable for their part in the opioid crisis.

  2. September 22, 2021

    US Trustee Challenges Constitutionality Of Purdue Releases

    The nondebtor, third-party releases included in Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan are unconstitutional, the U.S. Trustee's Office has argued, asking a New York bankruptcy judge to wait until a higher court rules on the federal watchdog's challenge to the releases.

  3. September 16, 2021

    US Trustee To Appeal Sackler Releases In Purdue Ch. 11

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has told a New York bankruptcy judge it will appeal his order approving Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan, saying the plan's liability releases for Purdue's Sackler family now-former owners go beyond the law and undermine confidence in the system.

  4. September 13, 2021

    Purdue Pharma Gets OK For $7.1M In Exec Incentives

    A New York bankruptcy judge gave Purdue Pharma permission Monday to make incentive payments of up to $7.1 million to its top executives, rejecting arguments that the executives had not done enough to clean up the company's corporate culture.

  5. September 01, 2021

    Purdue Pharma Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK With Sackler Releases

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan, including contentious opioid liability releases for the company's now-former Sackler family owners.

  6. August 27, 2021

    Sacklers Agree To Forgo Non-Opioid Ch. 11 Releases

    Purdue Pharma told a New York bankruptcy judge on Friday that its owners in the Sackler family will no longer be getting releases for non-opioid liability, but liability immunity related to opioid claims will remain, as the hearing on the final decision on its Chapter 11 plan has been postponed.

  7. August 25, 2021

    Purdue Ch. 11 Judge Says Sackler Releases Should Be Tighter

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday urged Purdue Pharma to narrow the nonopioid liability releases it is granting members of its owning Sackler family as he prepared to make his judgment on Purdue's Chapter 11 plan on Friday.

  8. August 23, 2021

    No More Speeches, Settle This Ch. 11, Purdue Judge Urges

    Telling the parties Monday that "the time has passed at this point to speechify," the New York bankruptcy judge overseeing Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy urged the objecting states and the owning members of the Sackler family to settle their differences before the confirmation hearing resumes Wednesday.

  9. August 19, 2021

    Judge Urges Attention To Individual Stories In Purdue Ch. 11

    The sixth day of evidence in Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan confirmation hearing ended Thursday with the judge walking off camera after a declaration that the damage individuals have suffered in the opioid crisis should not be lost in the complexities of the bankruptcy case.

  10. August 18, 2021

    Ex-Purdue Chair Denies Blame For Opioid Crisis

    A former president and board chairman of Purdue Pharma on Wednesday denied that the company or its owners in the Sackler family bore responsibility for the United States' opioid crisis as the confirmation hearing for Purdue's Chapter 11 plan entered its fifth day.