Purdue Pharma Criminal Sentence Triggers Final Phase Of Opioid Settlement
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Purdue Pharma is set to be sentenced in a criminal case, a step that clears the way for its multibillion-dollar opioid settlement to move forward.
A federal judge is expected to order Purdue to forfeit $225 million to the Justice Department on Tuesday under the 2020 plea deal.
If the judge signs off, the government will not collect $5.3 billion in additional criminal forfeitures and fines or $2.8 billion in civil liabilities, and those sums would fold into the broader settlement.