Purdue Pharma and the company’s Sackler family leadership have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to settle unprecedented litigation over their role in the opioid crisis. Read more from @abc
'Adviesbureau McKinsey schikt voor 650 miljoen dollar in grote pijnstillerzaak VS'
Een koopje. "De jaaromzet van het niet-beursgenoteerde McKinsey wordt geschat op 16 miljard dollar."
https://nos.nl/artikel/2548206-adviesbureau-mckinsey-schikt-voor-650-miljoen-dollar-in-grote-pijnstillerzaak-vs #Purdue #Pharma #OxyContin #mafia
Ferris is ready to greet @spaf’s newly minted PhDs this weekend! #Purdue #BoilerMakers #BoilerUp #CERIAS #ComputerScience #DoctoralWork #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #RescueDogs
As a follow-up to a post to @GottaLaff from a couple weeks ago.
#PurdueUniversity is having a campus voting location TOMORROW at the "Co-Rec" (Recreational Facility). I'm a Purdue employee and didn't know about it until a colleague mentioned it today, so I must have missed it in our daily announcements.
The location well trafficked. Thousands of students & staff will walk by it. But it's only one day, tomorrow.
Vote!
Purdue University will offer commuter shuttles between Indianapolis and West Lafayette
"Purdue University is making it easier for students, as well as faculty and staff, to commute between West Lafayette and the Indianapolis campus.
The school will have free commuter shuttles available starting in August.
"School officials said six round trips will be offered daily during the week."
Wow, that's a great service to offer!
#BBCNews - Justices reject plan to shield #Sacklers in #Purdue opioid deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggl32dz2lo
#oxycontin
Supreme Court Blocks Controversial Purdue Pharma Opioid Bankruptcy Settlement #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Purdue #Sackler #Opioid
Supreme court issues three major decisions surrounding Purdue Pharma, the EPA and abortion
-- but I'd quiet on Trump immunity hours before debate
The supreme court on Thursday issued three major decisions on cases involving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, an air pollution rule by the Environmental Protection Agency and abortion access in Idaho.
️In a 5-4 decision, the conservative-majority court rejected #Purdue Pharma’s multi-billion dollar settlement that would have shielded the wealthy #Sackler family from future lawsuits over the country’s deadly #opioid epidemic, but would have also provided compensation and rehabilitation funds to victims.
In his opinion, conservative justice Neil Gorsuch wrote:
“The Sacklers seek greater relief than a bankruptcy discharge normally affords, for they hope to extinguish even claims for wrongful death and fraud, and they seek to do so without putting anything close to all their assets on the table.”
️In a separate 5-4 decision, the court put on hold an attempt by the #EPA to reduce air pollution from power plants in “upwind” states that would affect air quality in “#downwind” states. Along with industry allies, Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana have been challenging the EPA’s rule.
Conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett, who joined the court’s three liberal justices, in dissent, wrote that the court “justifies this decision based on an alleged procedural error that likely had no impact on the plan.”
️Meanwhile, in a victory for reproductive rights activists, the court dismissed a case over whether #emergency room doctors can perform #abortions to so save a pregnant woman’s life.
The court’s 6-3 decision marks a win for the Joe Bidenadministration, for now, as the case is returned to a lower court and potentially delays a final decision until after the election. Idaho had tried to have the procedure exempted from the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Local news in #TippecanoeCo and #Purdue area - Beloved #pizza joint Bruno's which was closed by eminent domain a few months ago is getting new life with new family owners at a new location.
#Purdue Team Ball: every player a star - because no player , no matter how amazing, can be a star without the whole support of the rest of the team.
The common joke around the #Purdue CS awards banquet when I was there was that it needed to finish on time so the professors could all go home and watch the NCAA championship game. This year's banquet is seemingly still scheduled for Monday night... Good luck to @spaf et al to keep people entertained before the game.
Hello Hossier fedi! My name is Evora (or Evie if you'd like)! I am a transfemme individual living near Purdue University!
I am a Material Engineer and Software Developer, I like keyboards, fountain pens, and learning new things.
I am married (2+ years now) to my amazing husband. He is an amazing trans man who is working on his PhD at #purdue
My follows and DMs are open, and I'm excited to connect with (slightly) more local fedizens!
I'm having problems making my brain focus on the last week of my grad school class (at Purdue Global). The weekly grind is tough. Oof.
How's it going? This is my final week of my 3rd class out of 15. So far I've gotten straight A's. I'm finding it pretty easy so far. Some of my classmates seem to be struggling, and some have mentioned in threads that I'm the smart one in the room. Not really - I have 30 years of experience going "blah blah" about tech stuff.
Supreme Court considers $6bn deal that shields Sacklers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67618641
Listening in to the SCOTUS argument on Purdue pharma that will have a huge impact on the bankruptcy world...
Honoured about the #Purdue review about "Ada & #Zangemann". Especially this part:
"I like how it makes a positive statement that girls can code and use computers." ― Child Reviewer
Purdue is about to lose to Fresno State in the first game of their "New Era".
This is classic.
#SCOTUS has blocked a settlement that would protect the billionaire owners of a pharmaceutical firm from being sued for deaths caused by #opioids . Under the deal, the #Sackler family would be shielded from legal liability. Their company, #Purdue Pharma, would emerge from bankruptcy as a different entity, and pay $6 billion to fight America's opioid epidemic. The Biden admin objects to the agreement. #OxyContin Overdoses of painkillers like #OxyContin are blamed for tens of thousands of deaths
(re) #Introduction due to a server migration...
Hi, i'm Kyle. Long-time systems engineer (IT) turned technical marketer with a passion for automation, problems of scale, and sharing knowledge. I'm a blogger, presenter, mentor, mentee, and I recently found myself on the management side of things. Professionally, I've been recognized through advocacy programs like #Microsoft MVP, #VMware vExpert, #Cisco Champion, (Dell) EMC Elect, etc.
Former road warrior, while having greatly enjoyed traveling the world, I'm finding satisfaction in watching those loyalty statuses drop each year. My camera roll was more receipts than anything else for quite a while. Current #FloridaMan, I swear it wasn't like this when we moved here, but I enjoy a relaxing beach and grew allergic to snow and cold weather.
My feed is likely to include #tech, #startup, #cloud, #devops, #terraform, #powershell, with the occasional #beer, #nfl, #mlb, #f1, #dog, #cat, #travel, #Purdue, mention.
