Legislation seeks to develop national standards of care for victims of sexual assault, provide greater access to rape testing kits
Thirteen state laws each linked to change of less than 1 percent in proportion of patients receiving any opioid prescription
Sacklers will pay as much as $6 billion to assist communities harmed by the opioid crisis
Money will be used in efforts to reverse the damage of the opioid crisis
Instead of paying out $4.5 billion, the company is now offering $6 billion to settle the slew of lawsuits
Settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma for its role in opioid epidemic
It is not clear how the decision will affect similar cases nationwide, since most public nuisance laws are state-specific
In a tentative ruling, plaintiffs' claims that companies used deceptive marketing to increase unnecessary prescriptions was rejected
Sackler family to pay $4.5 billion in bankruptcy settlement, denies any personal responsibility
When asked if he carries any responsibility for the opioid crisis in the United States, Richard Sackler firmly replied: 'No'