Attorney General Rosenblum sues Sackler family over role in opioid epidemic

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Thursday filed a new lawsuit against Purdue Pharma that names the Sackler family, the company ’s owners. The new complaint alleges that eight family members stand atop a pharmaceutical enterprise that is “dedicated to manufacturing, marketing and promoting deadly opioid narcotics and hiding the profits." The Sacklers have used Purdue and a web of shell companies as their “alter ego” to avoid personal liability, Rosenblum alleges in the lawsuit, which was…
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