| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. 24 States Mount Legal Fight To Block Sackler Bid For Opioid Immunity
USA. 24 States Mount Legal Fight To Block Sackler Bid For Opioid Immunity
(…) A negotiated settlement could preempt years of costly litigation — the Sacklers deny any wrongdoing — and might accelerate financial aid to communities struggling to recover from an opioid epidemic that has already cost more than 450,000 lives.
But a growing group of public officials and activists is mounting a last-ditch effort to derail the plan, describing it in legal briefs as an unethical, and possibly unlawful, use of the bankruptcy court's power. (npr – National Public Radio, USA, 03.05.2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/991648432/25-states-mount-legal-fight-to-block-sackler-bid-for-opioid-immunity