Sackler immunity and Texas 2-step could tilt bankruptcy scales away from victims

The billionaire owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and lumber giant Georgia-Pacific are in high-stakes legal battles to shed billions of dollars of liabilities in bankruptcy—the first over their company’s alleged role in America’s opioid crisis and the second for 64,000 asbestos claims.   If they are successful, it…

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