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US Supreme Court Rejects Opioid Settlement That Shields Sackler Family

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family, which controlled the drugmaker, from future litigation.

International Business Times

Divided Over Purdue Pharma Deal, SCOTUS Unites in Accepting a Dubious OxyContin Narrative

The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.

Reason

Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against an estimated US$6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on June 27, 2024, that would have shielded the Sackler family – which owned and controlled the company – from legal liability.

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US Supreme Court rejects $6 billion OxyContin settlement shielding Sackler family

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $6 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, who owned the company and earned tens of billions as it flooded the country with the highly addictive drug, from future civil lawsuits over the role they played in…

France 24

The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery

By sheer coincidence, this ruling concerns the sort of generous ‘gifts’ and ‘gratuities’ that justices have been known to accept

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court guts anti-corruption law

Justice Jackson dissented, calling the reading “absurd and atextual”

Salon

Rightwing cases built on made-up stories keep making it to the US supreme court

Again and again, the conservative movement promotes cases based on inaccuracies, falsehoods and outright deceptions

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SCOTUS Makes It Easier for Victims of Retaliatory Arrests To Vindicate Their First Amendment Rights

The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence."

Reason

Supreme Court Upholds Trump Tax On Overseas Investment

The Supreme Court voted 7-2, with the majority justices upholding the tax's validity. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the deciding opinion for the majority, and Justice Clarence Thomas wrote his dissent.

International Business Times

Unrealized Gains Tax Survives U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Moore v. U.S. considers how wealth is taxed in the United States.

Kiplinger

SCOTUS agrees to protect access to abortion pill mifepristone

The justices agreed that the plaintiffs didn't have standing to sue on the issue.

Fortune

Despite the supreme court ruling for the abortion pill, the battle is far from over

Justices unanimously upheld access to mifepristone, but Missouri, Idaho and Kansas are likely to revive the case

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS Unanimously Votes To Maintain Access To Abortion Pill

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court permitted doctors to mail the pills to their patients even without an in-person visit. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion on the case, citing lack of standing as the grounds for the decision.

International Business Times

Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge

A "desire to make a drug less available for others does not establish standing to sue," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the Court's opinion.

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U.S. Supreme Court allows access to abortion pill, unanimously rejecting Texas challenge

In the high court’s first abortion-related ruling since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the justices ruled unanimously to change nothing about mifepristone’s legal status.

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Supreme Court Upholds Avenatti's Conviction In Nike Extortion Case

Supreme Court upholds Michael Avenatti's conviction for Nike extortion. Avenatti faces prison for various legal troubles.

The Independent UK

The spectacular rise and fall of loudmouth lawyer and Trump nemesis Michael Avenatti

The court hung on every word uttered by adult performer Stormy Daniels as she gave evidence in the hush-money trial of former President Donald J Trump – but notably absent was the brash, outspoken lawyer who’d thrust her into the spotlight in her legal tussles with the 45th president. It…

The Independent UK

Supreme Court leaves in place Avenatti conviction for plotting to extort up to $25M from Nike

The Supreme Court has left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike

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