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Uplift's $670M Fund, $45M Lifespan Verdict, and NEC Bellwether Define PI Week
Uplift Investors closed a $670 million inaugural fund July 16 and sealed its fourth PI law-firm MSO deal July 22, confirming private equity's structural entry into plaintiff-bar operations. That same week, the Illinois…
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Auto Accidents
Beating the Treatment-Gap Defense in Soft-Tissue Auto Cases
A blank stretch in the treatment timeline is the defense's favorite exhibit. Here is how to document the gap, explain it, and kee…
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Workers' Comp
Beating the Post-Termination Psych Claim Bar Under 3208.3
Labor Code 3208.3 presumes a post-termination psychiatric claim non-compensable. The exceptions that actually defeat the bar, and…
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Slip & Fall
Beating the Trivial Defect Doctrine in Trip-and-Fall Cases
The trivial defect doctrine ends more sidewalk cases than any other premises defense. Beating it means winning the aggravating-ci…
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Auto Accidents
FMCSA Rollbacks and Aurora AV Trucks Reshape Trucking Plaintiff Discovery in 2026
FMCSA Final Rule 2026-12449, effective July 22, 2026, eliminates CDL self-reporting and the in-cab ELD manual, cutting two layers…
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Case Law & Settlements
Illinois $45M Mesothelioma Verdict Tests Reduced Lifespan Damages Theory
On July 10, 2026, the Illinois First District affirmed a $45 million talc-mesothelioma verdict in Garcia v. Johnson & Johnson, in…
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Medical Malpractice
Enfamil NEC Bellwether Opens as Med-Mal Nuclear Verdicts Surge in 2026
The Enfamil NEC bellwether in MDL 3026, Inman v. Mead Johnson, commenced July 6, 2026 with 810 cases pending and a verdict that w…
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