The Supreme Court determines that members of the Sackler family cannot be shielded from liability for civil claims related to the opioid epidemic

Eisenberg and Baum’s Michael Quinn successfully represented a respondent who opposed the Purdue Pharma settlement at the United States Supreme Court.

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma LP, rejecting a settlement that would have, in part, shielded the Sackler family from lawsuits despite the fact that the family made billions of dollars from selling prescription opioids.

In a 5-to-4 decision, the justices found that Purdue’s settlement deal violated bankruptcy law by including liability releases for the pharmaceutical company’s owners and operators.

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