Judge Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, at a 2018 New York State Bar Association conference (Photo by David Handschuh/NYLJ)

U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York on Thursday ruled to vacate Purdue Pharma's $4.3 billion bankruptcy settlement, finding that its controversial inclusion of a liability release for the Sackler family was not authorized by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

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Jane Wester

Jane Wester is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. Email her at [email protected] or find her on Twitter @janewester.

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