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The trillion-dollar question: Can private lawyers hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic?

The trillion-dollar question: Can private lawyers hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic?

Update: 2018-10-18
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Cities, states and counties across the country have hired private lawyers to sue the pharmaceutical companies that they blame for the addiction crisis that has cost tens of thousands of lives – and billions of dollars. One of the leaders of the private litigation, Paul Hanly, discusses why he thinks it’s okay for lawyers with a profit motive to step in when governments can’t otherwise afford to hold defendants accountable.

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The trillion-dollar question: Can private lawyers hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic?

The trillion-dollar question: Can private lawyers hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic?

Reuters