Following the executive session, the council voted to authorize the city of Opelika to join Alabama and other local governments as participants in the lawsuit settlement with Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. known as the Endo Settlement. In the complaint, the plaintiffs alleged "that Endo, among others, violated Alabama law by deceptively marketing opioid pain medications so as to overstate their efficacy and downplay the associated risk of addiction, which resulted in a public nuisance in Alabama; (ii) alleging that Endo, among others, violated federal and state law by failing to monitor, report and not ship alleged suspicious orders of opioid pain medications; and (iii) asserting claims for damages, equitable abatement, civil penalties and other relief." The state of Alabama will receive $25 million in the settlement and Opelika will receive a portion of those funds after court costs and attorney's fees have been deducted.