31 h. ago Judge to approve $7bn settlement with OxyContin maker that requires Sackler family members to pay victims

Deal would also require multibillionaire family to give up ownership of the Connecticut-based firmA federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he would approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.The deal overseen by US bankruptcy judge Sean Lane would require some of the multibillionaire members of the Sackler family who own the company to contribute up to $7bn and give up ownership of the Connecticut-based firm. Continue reading...

Events

45 h. ago Latest opioid settlement plan with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family getting few objections

The company that makes OxyContin, members of the Sackler family who own it and many groups that sued over its role in the opioid crisis are asking a judge to approve a settlement plan

Politics

48 h. ago Bryan Kohberger humiliated behind bars as he's forced to pay the victims' families from his prison slush fund

The ruling came on what marks the third anniversary of the November 13, 2022, murders that rocked the college town of Moscow and tore four families apart.

Events

2 w. ago Helicopter crash victim, 70, named as family pay tribute to grandad with ‘real passion for aviation’

Peter Smith suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene in Bentley, near Doncaster

Events

2 w. ago Helicopter crash victim, 70, is named as family pay tribute to grandfather with 'real passion for aviation'

The man who died when a helicopter crashed in Doncaster this week has been named as 70-year-old Peter Smith.

Events

2 w. ago Sextortion blackmailer order to pay back £4,500 he took from terrified victim

Athen Davis, 23, terrorised the 53-year-old after he shared an X-rated image with a woman Davis knew.

Economics

2 w. ago Polish 'stalker' who claims to be Madeleine McCann tells court she is '50

Julia Wandelt, 24, told tLeicester Crown Court that a friend, whose wife was a victim in the scandal offered to pay for her DNA test because she is also a 'victim of a miscarriage of justice'.

Events

2 w. ago Titanic victims' grieving relatives were forced to PAY for a first class train ticket to bring their bodies home, unearthed order drawn up by cruel White Star Line bosses reveals

In the days after the 1912 disaster, devastated families travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to collect the bodies. Upon arrival they were handed an 'important notice' by White Star Line officials.

Events

2 w. ago HSBC profits slump as bank sets aside £827m to pay damages to Madoff Ponzi scheme victims

HSBC was forced to make a provision for potential losses after partly losing a court case last week brought by one of the fraud's victims.

Economics

3 w. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

Events

3 w. ago Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers refuse to pay latest victim compensation claim and say families already got enough from GoFundMe

Kohberger jailed for life after murdering four University of Idaho students

Society