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That settlement got thrown out the other day. https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1065047471/judge-rejects-purd...

This looks promising

> Instead of paying billions of dollars to opioid victims and states, Purdue will stay in limbo and pay hundreds of millions of dollars to lawyers. > [...] > The problem is ... well, one problem is that fairness is sometimes the enemy of pragmatism; letting the Sacklers keep billions and avoid litigation might be the only way to get them to pay billions

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-23/the-pu...

That quote sounds like the opinion of someone who wants to be bought off, rather than someone who wants the same kind of accountability that the rest of us are expected to have.

That’s what I heard. They have billions therefore they can pay billions. Purposefully complicating that logic so that they somehow end up keeping more money is an instant red flag.

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