From Opioids to Guns: Cities, Counties Step Up Civil Suits

“‘Attorneys general are … in a much better strategic position [than cities and counties] to decide when to sue opioid manufacturers, and what claims to make, because they have the authority to issue civil investigative demands to companies,’ Tierney said.

…’What we have with the opioid crisis is a national issue that should be resolved nationally through the attorneys general, whether through use of contingency fee counsel or not,’ Tierney said.”

Peter Hayes and Steven M. Sellers, "From Opioids to Guns: Cities, Counties Step Up Civil Suits," Bloomberg BNA, March 15, 2018.