Napoli Shkolnik partner Paul J. Napoli makes a forceful case for municipal participation in mass tort litigation in a new op-ed published in Bloomberg Law.

"Today’s decisions will shape tomorrow’s budgets, infrastructure, and community health," Napoli writes, arguing that local governments have not just the right but the duty to pursue corporations whose conduct has imposed lasting costs on their communities.

The op-ed lays out why governmental entities occupy a unique legal position in mass tort cases, pointing to concrete results and addressing common objections and misconceptions.

Read the full piece here.