Building the PI Trial Vendor Team: Court Reporters, Trial Tech, Mediators, and Jury Consultants
A PI trial is only as smooth as the vendors behind it. The court reporter you used for depositions may not be your best choice for trial tr…
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Practice Operations
Workflow, intake, lien management, and the business side of plaintiff personal injury practice.
Client Social Media in PI Litigation: Managing Discovery Exposure Without Creating Spoliation Risk
Defense counsel routinely pulls client social media in contested PI cases, and a post-injury photo or an activity post can gut a damages th…
Colorado's Legal Lead Generation Ban Signals a Reckoning for PI Intake Economics
Colorado's SB 26-174 reclassifies legal lead buying as a deceptive trade practice, with fines up to $20,000 per violation and a $10,000 pri…
Hiring and Retaining PI Paralegals in 2026: Ratios, Compensation, and What High-Volume Firms Get Right
Paralegal turnover is one of the most expensive and least-tracked costs in a PI firm. High-volume plaintiff firms that get staffing ratios…
Remote Depositions in PI Practice: Platform Selection, Cost Control, and the Authentication Record
Remote depositions became standard during the pandemic and have stayed standard for cost efficiency. But the platform decisions, exhibit ha…
Lump Sum or Structured: Settlement Design for Minors and Catastrophic Cases
For a minor or a catastrophically injured client, the payout structure you pick at settlement often matters more than the last $50,000 you…
PE-Backed MSO Structures Are Reshaping PI Firm Operations in 2026
Three PE-backed MSO vehicles totaling more than $800 million advanced through the plaintiff bar in 2026 while three state legislatures file…
PI Firm Marketing ROI: Building the Intake-to-Fee Conversion Dashboard
Most plaintiff firm marketing budgets are measured by lead volume, not by fee value per dollar spent. The firms that consistently outperfor…
Mass Tort Intake Screening: Building a Case Selection Protocol That Holds Up Under Audit
Mass tort inventory quality starts at the front door. A written screening grid, medical record verification before signing, and periodic in…
Supio-Westlaw Integration and Lien Operations: 2026 PI Firm Capacity Benchmarks
Supio's CaseAware AI platform, now integrated with Thomson Reuters Westlaw Advantage following an $85M funding cycle, has benchmarked a 62%…
The PI Demand Letter Workflow: A Quality-Control Framework for High-Volume Firms
A demand letter is the first settlement communication that frames every subsequent negotiation. Firms that write demand letters on an ad ho…
Auditing Your PI Firm's Software Stack: What to Keep, What to Cut, and What to Add in 2026
Most PI firms have accumulated their software stack incrementally, with each tool solving an immediate problem without a systematic view of…