Person

Mortimer D. A. Sackler

Member of the family that owned Purdue Pharma; named in the 2020 Justice Department civil settlement.

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Legal records

Sackler family: False Claims Act settlement

21 Oct 2020 Settled with U.S. Department of Justice: a civil settlement resolving allegations only, with no determination of liability 1

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Purdue Pharma Vice president, according to the Massachusetts complaint According to Massachusetts Attorney General Primary record 2

U.S. Department of Justice 21 Oct 2020 a civil settlement resolving allegations only, with no determination of liability Primary record 1

Evolve to Excellence (2013) named in the 2020 Justice Department settlement as having approved it (an allegation; no determination of liability) According to U.S. Department of Justice Primary record 1
Massachusetts complaint against Purdue and the Sacklers (2019) named defendant Primary record 2
Sackler family civil settlement (2020) one of the "Named Sacklers"; allegations only Primary record 1

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Proof 2 sources

Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family, U.S. Department of Justice, 21 Oct 2020. Primary record Archived copy
Under a separate civil settlement, individual members of the Sackler family will pay the United States $225 million arising from the alleged conduct of Dr. Richard Sackler, David Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, and Jonathan Sackler (the Named Sacklers).
There has been no determination of liability in the civil matters.
The Named Sacklers then approved a new marketing program beginning in 2013 called “Evolve to Excellence,” through which Purdue sales representatives intensified their marketing of OxyContin to extreme, high-volume prescribers
arising from the alleged conduct of Dr. Richard Sackler, David Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, and Jonathan Sackler (the Named Sacklers)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al., First Amended Complaint and Jury Demand (complete unredacted version), Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County (filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General), 31 Jan 2019. Primary record
Jonathan, Kathe, and Mortimer were Vice Presidents.
PURDUE PHARMA L.P., PURDUE PHARMA INC., RICHARD SACKLER, THERESA SACKLER, KATHE SACKLER, JONATHAN SACKLER, MORTIMER D.A. SACKLER, BEVERLY SACKLER, DAVID SACKLER

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