Meta Liability Trial, $604M Freight Verdict, and PE Capital Define the PI Bar This Fall
MDL-3047 entered its fourth week before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland on September 8, 2026, sixteen days after Meta's $17.1 billi…
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Agentic AI and PE Consolidation Are Reshaping PI Firm Operations in 2026
Filevine's June 2026 agentic console now reaches 60,000-plus users at 2,000-plus PI firms, while Supio AI reported 17X ARR growth in H1 202…
PI Law This Week: North Carolina Bans Litigation Funding, Missouri Shortens the Clock, Uber MDL Sets October Trial
North Carolina became the first state to prohibit third-party litigation funding outright. Missouri's statute-of-limitations reform reached…
Plaintiff MDL Bellwether Verdicts, Meta $17B Settlement Define the PI Bar Week
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers closed the Meta AG advisory trial on day 8 with a $17 billion settlement on Aug. 26, leaving 3,208 personal-in…
Supio's $60M Series B and the New Standard for PI Firm Lien Automation
Supio's $60 million Series B and the May 2026 launch of its agentic AI platform are reshaping lien tracking and demand-to-settlement workfl…
Working With Co-Counsel on Referred Cases: Fees, Work, and Discipline
Referral relationships pay the bills for many California plaintiff firms, but a handshake fee split and a vague division of labor is how go…
PI Law This Week: A $19M State-Court Uber Verdict, the $603M Counterfeit Airbag Award, and FMCSA's CDL Sweep (Sept. 3)
A New Jersey jury returned what plaintiff counsel called the largest Uber verdict in any state court in the country. A Broward County jury…
Building a Conflict-Check Workflow for Multi-Attorney Plaintiff Firms
A single missed conflict can cost a firm a case, a fee, and a bar complaint. Here is how multi-attorney plaintiff shops in California shoul…
Insurance Discovery: Finding Every Available Coverage on the Defense Side
The first policy the adjuster names is rarely the only money on the table. Primary limits, excess towers, umbrella policies, and your own c…
Expert Retention Timing: Retain Early or Wait for Defense Disclosure
Retain your accident reconstructionist at intake and you burn capital on a case that may settle at policy limits. Wait until the §2034 exch…
Structuring Catastrophic Injury Demand Letters: Economic vs Non-Economic Damages
The demand letter does work the complaint cannot — setting carrier reserves, framing settlement, and seeding trial themes years before voir…
Subpoena Practice for Medical and Employment Records in California PI Cases
Records subpoenas look like paperwork until a custodian ignores you, a defense firm serves your client's employer without notice, or a prov…