NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will receive nearly $70 million over the next 15 years as part of a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over their role in the opioid ...

May 1 marks the first payment of billions to try to address ongoing harms from the overdose crisis.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to be ordered to pay $225 million in a criminal case related to how it sold its blockbuster opioid painkiller.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The makers of Oxycontin have agreed to a $7.4 billion dollar settlement. Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares, who helped secured the money, said in a statement that the ...

Since Labrador became Idaho’s attorney general in 2023, Labrador’s office said he secured over $127 million in opioid ...

Last month, families affected by the opioid crisis lined the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse in Newark. Many held ...

A $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, became legally effective last week.

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, under a new deal that was formally approved by ...

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Purdue Pharma to pay more than $5 billion in criminal penalties, clearing the way for its bankruptcy settlement.

Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin manufacturer, was sentenced in federal court and ordered to pay $5.5 billion for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic.