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Bankruptcy for Billionaires: Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family and the end of your "Day In Court"

Bankruptcy for Billionaires

The billionaire Sackler family has found refuge in bankruptcy court: they're trying to push through a plan that allows them to keep most of their ill-gotten wealth from sales of OxyContin and avoid all future lawsuits. Co-hosts Jonathan Lipson, a law professor at Temple University, and Charlotte Bismuth, author and former NYC prosecutor are here to explain this case -- and the broader existential legal crisis -- in plain English.