Up to $1.675 Billion in Additional Payments Secured After Dissenting States’ Challenge to $4.325 Billion Bankruptcy Plan; Sacklers to be Banned from Opioid Business...

Maryland will receive at least $39.6 million from the settlement, which will be in addition to the amount previously negotiated. The total amount Maryland expects to receive from Purdue and the Sacklers overall– an estimated $121.9 to $132.2 million – will be used for opioid treatment...Working with other states, Maryland commenced an investigation of Purdue and the Sackler family members in 2016 for their role in deceptively and unfairly marketing OxyContin and other opioids in violation of Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act. Source: Maryland Attorney General