Can't read the stories, but I'd be interested in seeing whether or not the family got the shielding they wanted. UPDATED Sorta-kinda: > The new deal is struc

Can't read the stories, but I'd be interested in seeing whether or not the family got the shielding they wanted. UPDATED Sorta-kinda: > The new deal is struc­tured so that the Sack­lers are not given auto­matic pro­tec­tion from liab­il­it­ies, but vic­tims will need to agree to not pur­sue fur­ther legal action in order to receive a pay­out, accord­ing to the New York attor­ney­gen­eral office’s state­ment. Looks like they just made it difficult to go after the family, as opposed to impossible. This kind of thing is not unusual. The trick is that the victims need to get a fairly substantial (to them) payout, to agree to give up their right to sue. It's likely that lawyers will try to convince people to not accept the payouts. If the settlement isn't generous enough, they may be successful.