On Feb. 15, state and federal prosecutors held a press conference to unveil a new task force billed as a united front against the opioid epidemic with participation from all of the district attorney offices in southeastern Pennsylvania. But Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wasn’t there, nor was anyone else from his office.

Instead, Krasner was holding his own press conference at the same time just blocks away to announce that his office had filed a consumer protection lawsuit against 10 different pharmaceutical companies for manufacturing opioids.