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- The US Supreme Court will decide whether Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement will stand.
- The company, built by the billionaire Sackler family, declared bankruptcy in 2019 amid countless lawsuits.
- The decision could have wide-ranging effects on how companies and organizations use bankruptcy court.
The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could have extraordinary consequences for companies that claim bankruptcy when faced with personal injury lawsuits – namely the Sackler family of billionaires who have been widely tied to America's spiraling opioid epidemic.