A recent article in Bloomberg states that the lawyers, consultants, and other professionals working the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma have accrued nearly $400 million in fees - a sum that makes up more than half the amount that all individuals harmed by OxyContin would share under the drugmaker’s proposed settlement of personal injury claims.

“These are huge -- this is a large chunk of money that would otherwise be going to pay victims of a horrible tort,” Professor Bob Lawless said in an interview. “You have to pay the undertaker. Whether they have to be paid that much is another question.”

Read the full article at bloomberg.com.