{"id":6104,"date":"2021-04-15T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:55:11","slug":"legal-intelligencer-holding-third-parties-liable-for-their-role-in-perpetuating-the-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-holding-third-parties-liable-for-their-role-in-perpetuating-the-opioid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Holding Third Parties Liable for Their Role in Perpetuating the Opioid Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Two rows of prescription pill bottles\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-1000x563.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles-213x120.png 213w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Presciption-Bottles.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"article-description\">The opioid epidemic was a perfect storm, caused by years of over-promotion, over-prescription and dangerous marketing campaigns. Integral to this \u201cperfect storm\u201d was not just the drug manufacturers\u2019 conduct, but also third parties, such as private equity and consulting companies, who all played critical roles.<\/h4>\n<p>In the April 15, 2021 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\">The Legal Intelligencer<\/a> Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2021\/04\/15\/holding-third-parties-liable-for-their-role-in-perpetuating-the-opioid-crisis\/?LikelyCookieIssue=true\">Holding Third Parties Liable for Their Role in Perpetuating the Opioid Crisis.<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-holding-third-parties-liable-for-their-role-in-perpetuating-the-opioid-crisis\/#more-6104\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opioid epidemic was a perfect storm, caused by years of over-promotion, over-prescription and dangerous marketing campaigns. Integral to this \u201cperfect storm\u201d was not just the drug manufacturers\u2019 conduct, but also third parties, such as private equity and consulting companies, who all played critical roles. In the April 15, 2021 edition of The Legal Intelligencer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[482,480,484,414],"tags":[336],"coauthors":[535],"class_list":["post-6104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breach-of-fiduciary-duty","category-business-litigation-and-dispute-resolution","category-business-torts","category-publications","tag-legal-intelligencer","publication_lawyer-edward-t-kang"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Intelligencer: Holding Third Parties Liable for Their Role in Perpetuating the Opioid Crisis &#8212; Kang Haggerty News &#8212; April 15, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opioid epidemic was a perfect storm, caused by years of over-promotion, over-prescription and dangerous marketing campaigns. 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