Federal prosecutors normally use the CCE Statute to bring to justice entities engaged in large-scale drug trafficking and elaborate drug conspiracies.
A settlement with the DOJ will likely involve millions of dollars in monetary penalty against Purdue Pharma. Take note that the pharmaceutical company recently agreed to pay $270 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma in connection with the opioid epidemic.
In 2007, the pharmaceutical company paid $634.5 million to settle the criminal and civil lawsuits filed against it for claiming that OxyContin is less addictive than other pain medicines.
Last month, Purdue Pharma reportedly offered as much as $12 billion to resolve around 2,000 lawsuits filed against by cities, counties and states nationwide.
