Private Equity MSO Deals Reshape the PI Bar as Uber MDL Stalls
Private equity MSO deals, led by Rafi Law Group's $125 million Arizona recapitalization, are restructuring plaintiff-firm ownership as Uber…
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The 2026-2027 Plaintiff-Bar Conference and CLE Calendar: What's Worth the Flight
The fall-to-spring convention season sets the agenda for the plaintiff PI bar, and the podium topics have shifted hard toward AI case manag…
PI Law This Week: State Tort Reform Wave, Camp Lejeune Payout Math, and Labor Law 241(6) Limits
A recap of what is moving the plaintiff bar this week: the state-level tort and auto-insurance reform push, Camp Lejeune Elective Option pa…
Personal Injury Firm Consolidation Hits Four Deals as CMS AI Resets the Bar
Uplift Investors closed its fourth PI firm acquisition of 2026 while SmartAdvocate's native-AI launch pressures every competing CMS. Add an…
PI Law This Week: Second Circuit Revives Tylenol MDL, New York Stages a Fraud Crackdown, and Camp Lejeune's Elective Option Math Stands
The Second Circuit denies Kenvue a rehearing and keeps 500 prenatal Tylenol suits alive. New York arrests 16 for staged crashes under its n…
JCCP Coordination and the Mass-Tort Playbook in California State Court
California's coordination statute gives plaintiff counsel a state-court alternative to federal MDL — one judge, one discovery record, and a…
California SB 623 Starts 75-Day Countdown on Rideshare Lien Caps
California's SB 623 lien cap takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, giving LA County PI firms and on-lien providers a 75-day window to audit TNC files…
PI Law This Week: Camp Lejeune's October 30 Window, J&J Talc's Threshold, and PFAS Personal Injury Advances
Camp Lejeune trials start this month as the October 30 settlement deadline tightens, the J&J talc global resolution waits on a 95-percent p…
NYC's RICO Suit Against a PI Firm Rattles the Plaintiff Bar This Week
City of New York v. Asher & Associates P.C., filed October 5 in SDNY, alleges 15-plus fabricated injury claims and seeks treble damages. Me…
PI Law This Week: Camp Lejeune's October 30 Deadline, SCOTUS Opens on Climate Tort, and Suboxone MDL Sets Its First Trial Clock
The Camp Lejeune docket enters its final push toward an October 30 global settlement deadline. The Supreme Court heard Suncor v. Boulder, t…
Plaintiff Bar Private Equity MSO Push, Geller Ruling, Colorado Lead-Gen Ban
Morgan & Morgan is exploring a $1B-plus PE minority stake via MSO structure, the highest-profile PE entry attempt in the plaintiff bar to d…
PI Law This Week: GLP-1 MDL Clears 4,000 Cases, PFAS Bellwether in November, and NY Auto Reform Reshapes First-Year Filings
The GLP-1 receptor agonist MDL surpassed 4,000 cases in September as NAION discovery begins in earnest. PFAS personal injury bellwethers ar…