The individuals behind Purdue Pharma's involvement in the U.S. opioid crisis reached a $7-billion settlement in January 2025.

The agreement, announced Thursday, would require the Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion over the next 15 years and an additional nearly $900 million from Purdue Pharma following its emergence from ...

The Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) filed an administrative action in 2019 against Purdue Pharma, Richard Sackler and Kathe Sackler, claiming the family and the company knew OxyCotin “had ...

Explore the Sackler family's legacy, their role in Purdue Pharma, and the devastating opioid crisis they helped fuel.

The Office of the Attorney General came to a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma ...

Collectively, Sackler family members have been estimated to ... Kathe, Mortimer Jr, Richard, Jonathan and Ilene Sackler Lefcourt; and David Sackler, a grandson. Amid a cascade of litigation ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue ... calling them "pillbillies". In one email, Richard Sackler wrote "Abusers die, well that is the choice they made." “While litigation ...

CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties, today announced a $7.4 billion settlement in principle ...

"The Sackler family relentlessly pursued profit at the ... Raymond and Mortimer Sackler who served on the company board -- Richard, Kathe, Mortimer Jr, Ilene, David, and Theresa Sackler.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a ...