MASS TORT DEALS

Procedural justice isn’t about who wins or loses. It's about whether people are heard, respected, and treated with dignity by the system deciding their lives. For nearly 25 years, Patricia Ryan and Kristen Breitweiser, widows and heirs of those murdered on September 11, 2001, have been navigating court proceedings that too often sidelined them. In December 2025, they finally placed their concerns on the public docket—documenting long-standing issues of voice, transparency, an

Words have power. In courtrooms, they document wrongdoing and immortalize truth in public records. When plaintiffs tell their stories before judges and juries, something profound happens—they feel heard and respected. Study after study confirms this: people who get voice opportunities view procedures as more neutral, trust decisionmakers more, and feel treated with respect. But in mass torts? That voice is systematically silenced. From my co-authored study of MDL plaintiffs,

Everything lawyers and plaintiffs should know about the new FRCP's MDL Rule 16.1.

How'd your lawsuit go? If you're a plaintiff in a women's health related mass tort like #mesh, #Mirena, #PowerMorcellator, #NuvaRing,...

If you’re a plaintiff in the lawsuits against pelvic mesh manufacturers or against talcum powder distributors, I’d love to hear from you....

New York Times reporter Matthew Goldstein just published a deep dive into the settlement amounts that pelvic mesh plaintiffs are...

First off, my sincere thanks to all of you who have reached out to me and shared your litigation experiences either over the phone or...

I spoke with reporter Max Mitchell about the new project I've been working on--a survey to gauge plaintiffs' satisfaction (or not) in...