An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.
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An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.

In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.
Reassessing Engine No. 1’s Fight Against Exxon Mobil
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Reassessing Engine No. 1’s Fight Against Exxon Mobil

As investors press Exxon Mobil on climate issues, activists say that a hedge fund’s eco-focused victory over the oil giant two years ago has achieved little.