Roiling headlines in the last couple of years were the bankruptcy filings of the corporations Purdue Pharma and the national organization of Boy Scouts of America (now called Scouting America).

The consultant had deleted records involving McKinsey’s role in pushing OxyContin sales and driving the opioid crisis.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will soon consider whether to join a $7.4 billion multi-state agreement settling claims against Sackler family members and their company, Purdue Pharma ...

You may recall Rudy Giuliani’s recent legal woes. First, he lost a defamation lawsuit and faced a judgment of $148.1 million.

Seven U.S. states on Monday objected to fire protection company Kidde-Fenwal's bankruptcy plan, saying that the proposed ...

Bishop for the Norwich Diocese, Richard F. Reidy, said the court's approval "marks an important step toward justice and ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected calls to overturn the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion sex abuse settlement, saying the appeals came too late to upend the settlement because the youth ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

When the opioid market was thrown open to millions of chronic pain patients in the 1990s and early 2000s, Purdue Pharma's sales ... plan to resolve thousands of lawsuits related to the company's ...

Meanwhile, drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacy chains and other businesses have settled lawsuits with state ... family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreeing to pay up to $7 billion ...

Meanwhile, drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacy chains and other businesses have settled lawsuits with state and local governments ... with members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker ...