For those unfamiliar with US news, the family who owns the primary opioid manufacturer and distributor, and who was proven to have intentionally lied about addiction risks and pushed excess volume into rural communities to boost sales, obtained blanket legal immunity for their entire family as part of a bankruptcy settlement.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-imm...

They made $10 B selling opioids.

They'll pay $4.3 B and forfeit ownership of their company, in exchange for the immunity.