Pre-Litigation as a Service: How PLAAS Reshapes PI Firm Ops in 2026
EvenUp's May 13, 2026 PLAAS launch bundles U.S.-based staff with purpose-built AI across intake through lien resolution, posting early metr…
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PI Week: EvenUp PLAAS, California Fee Threat, and Nuclear Verdicts
EvenUp's May 13, 2026 launch of Pre-Litigation-as-a-Service drew more than $10M in early subscriptions and marked the sharpest operational…
Strategic Comparison: Uber MDL vs Lyft, JUUL, Roundup, and the Boy Scouts/Catholic Church Precedent
MDL 3084 is not the first mass tort of its scale, and the comparables matter. Lyft is the parallel-defendant model. JUUL is the procedural…
Uber MDL Intake: What Evidence Qualifies a Case for MDL 3084
Intake is where MDL 3084 cases qualify or wash out. This is the substantive-evidence layer that sits below SOL screening: the five evidence…
Laws Affecting PI Rideshare Cases: EFAA, California AB 2777 Lookback, and SB 1107 — A Quarterly Tracker
Three statutes are doing most of the legal work in MDL 3084. EFAA gets cases into federal court. AB 2777 revives time-barred California cla…
Uber MDL Bellwether Tracker: Verdicts, Pending Trials, and What the September 2026 Pair Will Decide
Two MDL 3084 bellwether verdicts are in — $8.5M for Dean, $5K for the North Carolina plaintiff — and the September 14, 2026 pair will proba…
Uber Sexual Assault MDL (No. 3084): Status, Timeline, and What the 2026 Bellwethers Mean for the Docket
Two bellwether verdicts, one common-carrier ruling, and more than 3,400 pending cases — the Uber sexual-assault MDL has crossed the thresho…
Statute of Limitations by State for Uber Sexual Assault Claims: A 50-State Reference for MDL 3084 Intake
Time bars are the gating question for nearly every Uber sexual-assault claim in MDL 3084. This 50-state reference covers adult civil SOLs a…
Running a Plaintiff PI Firm on Lien-Based Cases: Cash Flow, Risk, and Provider Vetting in 2026
The plaintiff PI firm running on lien-based cases is a specialty receivables business with a law firm attached. The math is opaque to outsi…
How to Vet a Doctor-on-Lien Provider: A Plaintiff Attorney's 2026 Checklist
The eight questions every plaintiff PI lawyer should answer about a lien-treating provider before sending the first client. License, owners…