Earlier in June, Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman declined to approve the $85 million settlement until attorneys from both sides could show how the distribution of the proposed settlement would comply with a new state law.
The new state law, passed after Purdue Pharma paid Oklahoma $270 million to settle opioid charges, requires that any settlement funds go directly to the state treasury.
The revised settlement complies with that state law, the judge ruled June 24.
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