• Insurance Fraud Is Costing You $300 a Year, and New York Is Fighting Back

    Staged car crashes aren’t accidents. They’re premeditated schemes designed to defraud insurers and pass the costs on to everyday consumers. We’ve seen these repeatedly in New York from a Suffolk County court ruling exposing coordinated no-fault fraud…


  • Florida Proves Lawsuit Reform Works. The Rest of America Is Still Waiting.

    A new analysis from insurance marketplace The Zebra confirms the quiet part out loud: lawsuit abuse is a primary driver of America’s car insurance crisis, and the states that have acted to reform their legal systems are…


  • Washington State’s Lawsuit Abuse Problem Is America’s Problem

    When Ann Bennett, a representative of the Washington Cities Insurance Authority, testified before the Bainbridge Island City Council on July 21, 2026, she described a legal system that is failing cities, and by extension, the taxpayers who…


  • When the Lawyers Arrive Before the Answers Do: Taco Bell’s Cyclospora Outbreak and the Litigation Gold Rush

    Within hours of federal health officials publicly linking a cyclospora outbreak to Taco Bell, three law firms had already filed suit. Not days later. Not after an investigation concluded. Hours. That sequencing, announcement, then lawsuit, then questions,…


  • LA County’s $4 Billion Settlement Is Under Fraud Investigation, and the District Attorney Is Sounding the Alarm

    The largest sex abuse settlement in American history is also shaping up to potentially be one of the most alarming examples of legal fraud this country has ever seen. Los Angeles County approved a $4 billion settlement…


  • Louisiana’s First Rate Drop in a Decade Is Good News. The Work Is Far From Over.

    Louisiana recorded its first broad property and casualty insurance rate decline this decade in 2025. Overall premiums fell an average of 0.4 percent statewide, with private passenger auto leading the way at a 5.8 percent drop and…


  • Mass Tort Firms Accused of Using AI to Solicit Clients Without Consent 

    The billboard attorney playbook has a new tool: artificial intelligence. A federal lawsuit filed last week in the Western District of Texas reveals how far some personal injury firms are willing to go to fill their client…


  • The Cowboy Was a Con: How Downtown LA Law Group’s Fraud Playbook Followed Real Victims to Val Verde

    When a man in a cowboy hat and leather chaps began approaching residents of Val Verde, California, nobody recognized him. That was by design. The Los Angeles Times has the story.  According to a State Bar complaint…


  • The Transparency Wave: States Are Finally Reining In Third-Party Litigation Funding

    For years, third-party litigation funding has operated in the shadows of America’s civil justice system. It is a $15.2 billion industry with no meaningful oversight, no disclosure requirements, and no accountability to the consumers it too often…


  • New York’s Auto Insurance Reforms Are Now in Effect. Here’s What That Means for Drivers

    For years, New York has held the dubious distinction of having the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, averaging $4,000 a year, roughly $1,500 more than the national average. That cost falls hardest on working families…