also late wednesday a federal judge allowed work to continue on a very controversial bankruptcy and settlement plan for purdue pharma, the manufacturer of the opioid oxycontin. now, the justice department had asked the judge to stop the plan which shields the sackler family which owned the company from opioid lawsuits. also yesterday brought the premier of dope sick, the hulu tv series that hopes to bring attention to this scandal and the role of the sacklers in it. despite all of this momentous news, we here at cnn heard from attorneys representing the sacklers. they took issue with a banner we aired that tried to reflect this sentiment from writer danny strong about the purpose of the show dope sick. we really wanted to show their crimes and in many ways i want the show to be the trial that purdue pharma has not
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president biden says it violates the constitution. au.s. judge says he ll approve oxycontin maker purdue pharma s bankruptcy reorganisation plan. the move clears a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits but protects the company s wealthy sacklerfamily owners from future opioid litigation. i spoke to someone who just gave me his thoughts on the outcome. gave me his thoughts on the outcome- gave me his thoughts on the outcome. , ., , outcome. this ruling has given the tremendous outcome. this ruling has given the tremendous amounts - outcome. this ruling has given the tremendous amounts of. the tremendous amounts of grief. i believe this ruling has left many victims behind who were harmed by oxycontin. the suckers are essentially walking away scot free. contributing 4.4 billion dollars but essentially it will