A: The Sackler family are the majority owners of Purdue Pharmaceuticals LP one of the companies responsible for the Opioid Crisis. Purdue has declared bankruptcy after being subject to billions of dollars worth of lawsuits from parties including the families of victims of addiction, hospitals, governments and state attorneys general. The Sackler family has also been subject to many lawsuits both in their capacity as owners and directors of Purdue. As part of Purdue's bankruptcy, the Sackler family have proposed to relinquish ownership of Purdue, step down from all board positions and pay $4.3B dollars to a variety of plaintiffs on the condition they are granted a third party release. A third party release, if approved by a majority of plaintiffs, would immunise the Sackler family from all future lawsuits concerning the opioid crisis, including lawsuits from plaintiffs who voted not to accept the third party release and plaintiffs who may not have sued yet (and thus did not vote on the third party release at all).