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A federal judge overturned Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement which offered the Sackler family immunity from future civil liability. Purdue Pharma’s $4.5 billion settlement would have funded treatment programs for opioid use disorder.

This hour, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong discusses the state’s successful appeal to reject the bankruptcy settlement and the continued push for accountability from the Sacklers. He’s joined by corporate law professor, Joshua Silverstein, an expert in bankruptcy proceedings.

Acute care nurse practitioner Stephen P. Wood, a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School, traces the history of Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers, a drug dubbed ‘Mother’s Little Helper,’ and the overseas sales of opioids by Purdue Pharma subsidiary Mundipharma.

Anthropologist Alexa Dietrich of Wagner College, a researcher on the role of corporations in society, discusses ethics and corporate governance.

Produced by Sujata Srinivasan and Abe Levine

Technical Producer Cat Pastor

GUESTS:

William Tong: Connecticut Attorney General

Joshua Silverstein: Professor of Law, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Stephen P. Wood: Bioethicist, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School

Alexa Dietrich: Associate Professor of Anthropology, Wagner College

A federal judge overturned Purdue Pharma&rsquo;s bankruptcy settlement which offered the Sackler family&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-immunity-purdue-pharma-oxcyontin-opioid-epidemic">immunity from future civil liability</a>. Purdue Pharma&rsquo;s $4.5 billion settlement would have funded treatment programs for opioid use disorder.
This hour, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong discusses the state&rsquo;s successful appeal to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/12/17/1065083175/judge-rejects-purdue-pharmas-opioid-settlement-that-would-protect-sackler-family">reject the bankruptcy settlement</a>&nbsp;and the continued push for accountability from the Sacklers. He&rsquo;s joined by corporate law professor, Joshua Silverstein, an expert in bankruptcy proceedings.
Acute care nurse practitioner Stephen P. Wood, a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School, traces the history of Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers, a drug dubbed &lsquo;Mother&rsquo;s Little Helper,&rsquo; and the overseas sales of opioids by Purdue Pharma subsidiary Mundipharma.
Anthropologist Alexa Dietrich of Wagner College, a researcher on the role of corporations in society, discusses ethics and corporate governance.
Produced by Sujata Srinivasan and Abe Levine
Technical Producer Cat Pastor
GUESTS:
<a href="https://portal.ct.gov/AG">William Tong</a>: Connecticut Attorney General
<a href="https://ualr.edu/law/faculty/faculty-members/joshua-m-silverstein/">Joshua Silverstein</a>: Professor of Law, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
<a href="https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/fellows/visitor/stephen-wood">Stephen P. Wood</a>: Bioethicist, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School
<a href="https://wagner.edu/anthropology/profile/alexa.dietrich">Alexa Dietrich</a>: Associate Professor of Anthropology, Wagner College

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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