{"id":23019,"date":"2024-04-08T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T09:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:27:34","slug":"hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of<br \/>\nlawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits<br \/>\ndeparted drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the<br \/>\njurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated<br \/>\nlocal jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach that includes interviews with local<br \/>\ngovernment attorneys as well as event-history analyses of opioid lawsuits filed by U.S. counties.<br \/>\nHis analyses point to the important role of a mechanism he calls institutional scarring, defined<br \/>\nas a lingering sense of having been wronged in the past by another organizational actor.<br \/>\nCounties\u2019 experiences with allowing states to take the lead decades earlier in lawsuits against<br \/>\nBig Tobacco\u2014and therefore to distribute the resultant settlement funds\u2014left many<br \/>\njurisdictions feeling scarred. When the prospect of legal action against opioid manufacturers<br \/>\nemerged, this institutional scar was activated, shaping local attorneys\u2019 legal consciousness and<br \/>\nmaking them reluctant to leave litigation in state officials\u2019 hands. Interviews and event-history<br \/>\nanalyses alike provide support for this explanation. These findings inform the literatures on<br \/>\nhow past experiences can affect organizations and how relational legal consciousness<br \/>\nunderpins legal action by local governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","event_categories":[260],"event_tag":[859,240,242,261,239,241],"related_programme":[],"class_list":["post-23019","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event_categories-seminar","event_tag-hkusocialsciences","event_tag-foss","event_tag-hku","event_tag-hkusocialsciencescolloquium","event_tag-socialsciences","event_tag-socientist"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.2\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty of Social Sciences - Faculty of Social Sciences\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-08T09:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-08T09:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event_categories\\\/seminar\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Seminar\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event_categories\\\/seminar\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seminar\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event_categories\\\/seminar\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event_categories\\\/seminar\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Seminar\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Faculty of Social Sciences\",\"description\":\"Faculty of Social Sciences\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\",\"name\":\"admin\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/\",\"name\":\"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences\",\"description\":\"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \\u201caffirmative litigation\\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach\",\"inLanguage\":\"tc\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/event\\\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-08T09:27:34+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-08T09:27:34+08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty of Social Sciences\",\"description\":\"Faculty of Social Sciences\",\"inLanguage\":\"tc\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.socsc.hku.hk\\\/tc\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences","description":"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach","canonical_url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/#listItem","name":"Seminar"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Seminar","item":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/#listItem","name":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/#listItem","name":"Seminar"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#organization","name":"Faculty of Social Sciences","description":"Faculty of Social Sciences","url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/author\/admin\/#author","url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/author\/admin\/","name":"admin"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/","name":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences","description":"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach","inLanguage":"tc","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/author\/admin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/author\/admin\/#author"},"datePublished":"2024-04-08T09:27:34+08:00","dateModified":"2024-04-08T09:27:34+08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/","name":"Faculty of Social Sciences","description":"Faculty of Social Sciences","inLanguage":"tc","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Faculty of Social Sciences - Faculty of Social Sciences","og:type":"article","og:title":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences","og:description":"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach","og:url":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/","article:published_time":"2024-04-08T09:27:34+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-04-08T09:27:34+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers - Faculty of Social Sciences","twitter:description":"Between 2017 and 2020, U.S. County attorneys\u2019 offices filed an unprecedented wave of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These \u201caffirmative litigation\u201d suits departed drastically from these offices\u2019 usual role, which typically involves representing the jurisdiction in transactions and defending it against litigation. To understand what motivated local jurisdictions, he adopts a full-cycle research approach"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"23019","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"WebPage","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":true,"created":"2024-10-10 11:20:36","updated":"2026-09-30 01:10:06","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/\" title=\"Seminar\">Seminar<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/"},{"label":"Seminar","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event_categories\/seminar\/"},{"label":"HKU Social Sciences Colloquium: Institutional Scarring and Local Government Action: The Role of Relational Legal Consciousness in Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/hku-social-sciences-colloquium-institutional-scarring-and-local-government-action-the-role-of-relational-legal-consciousness-in-litigation-against-opioid-manufacturers\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/23019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=23019"},{"taxonomy":"event_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_tag?post=23019"},{"taxonomy":"related_programme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_programme?post=23019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}