U.S. judge tosses $4.5 bln deal shielding Sacklers from opioid lawsuits. NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) — A federal judge overturned a roughly $4.5 billion settlement that legally shielded members of the Sackler family who stand accused of helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic, a decision that threatened to upend the bankruptcy reorganization of their company, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP.

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