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UBS to Pay $1.44 Billion to Settle Financial-Crisis Fraud Case

The settlement closes the chapter on the last investigation by a Justice Department task force on the role financial firms played in the collapse of the housing market in 2008.

By Matthew Goldstein

Bankruptcies Compensation for Damages (Law) Decisions and Verdicts Drug Abuse and Traffic Justice Department Office of the United States Trustee Opioids and Opiates OxyContin (Drug) Purdue Pharma Sackler Family Suits and Litigation (Civil) Supreme Court (US)

What the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Purdue Pharma Case Means

A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic.

By Abbie VanSickle and Jan Hoffman

Compensation for Damages (Law) Decisions and Verdicts Justice Department Opioids and Opiates OxyContin (Drug) Purdue Pharma Sackler Family Suits and Litigation (Civil) Supreme Court (US)

Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal

A federal appeals court had signed off on an agreement, now on hold, that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for $6 billion for victims.

By Abbie VanSickle

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Bidding for Simon & Schuster Draws to a Close

The move to acquire the publisher, one of the five largest in the country, comes after the government blocked a deal last year on antitrust concerns.

By Benjamin Mullin Elizabeth A. Harris and Lauren Hirsch

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