Although State Attorneys General engaged in multistate matters for years, they burst onto the national scene with the over $200 billion settlement against the tobacco companies, with many of the States relying on outside plaintiffs’ contingency counsel. Following that case, there was a backlash against the use of plaintiffs’ contingency counsel, with court decisions and legislative efforts to curtail the use of such counsel, or at least provide greater transparency.

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