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Investigative coverage, campaign updates, and analysis on lawsuit abuse and predatory legal advertising.
- The CapitolistOctober 24, 2026thecapitolist.com
Next Session, Lawmakers Must Rein in Predatory Third-Party Financiers
Scott Johnson argues that Florida lawmakers should regulate third-party litigation financing, citing concerns about costly advances, prolonged lawsuits and the financial interests of outside funders.
- Yellowhammer NewsOctober 23, 2026yellowhammernews.com
New poll: Alabama Republican voters back lawsuit reform 63% to 20% – trial lawyers call it ‘civil justice restrictions’
A survey of 625 likely Alabama Republican primary voters by 1892 Polling finds 63% support lawsuit reform and 20% oppose it, with support rising to 75% after hearing arguments from both sides. All 10 proposed reforms drew majority support, led by truth in lawsuit advertising, lawyer-fee limits and litigation-funding disclosure; the Alabama Association for Justice disputed the poll's wording and findings.
- ABA JournalOctober 23, 2026abajournal.com
Former New Orleans lawyer gets prison for staged crash scheme
Former attorney Danny Patrick Keating Jr. received a 32-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in a scheme involving staged truck crashes and fraudulent lawsuits.
- Law360October 23, 2026law360.com
Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits
A reinsurer filed a complaint accusing a New York personal-injury firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries for allegedly meritless claims, following the dismissal of similar racketeering allegations on standing grounds.
October 20, 2026bloomberg.comNew York Arrests 16 in Crackdown on Staged Insurance Crashes
New York investigators arrested 16 people accused of staging crashes and faking injuries to obtain nearly $500,000 from insurers, including incidents involving a tractor-trailer and an Amazon truck.
- GothamistOctober 19, 2026gothamist.com
NYC sues personal injury law firm accused of bogus trip-and-fall claims
New York City sued Asher & Associates, alleging that 15 sidewalk-injury cases involved injuries caused by other incidents rather than street defects. The firm's lawyer called the allegations baseless.
- Legal NewslineOctober 19, 2026legalnewsline.com
ILR releases new study on rising cost of trucking litigation
Legal Newsline reports on an Institute for Legal Reform study examining how commercial-truck litigation, large awards and staged-accident schemes affect insurance costs, supply chains and consumer prices.
- The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOctober 15, 2026ajc.com
DeKalb lawyer disbarred over case running as court mulls wider problem
The Georgia Supreme Court disbarred Decatur attorney William T. Payne over illegal client solicitation using accident information stolen from DeKalb County police, following his no-contest plea to a Georgia RICO felony.
- The Post and CourierOctober 4, 2026postandcourier.com
Commentary: It’s time to consider a new solution to ‘frivolous lawsuits’
South Carolina attorney S. Randall Hood argues that lawyers screen out weak injury cases before filing and that their financial exposure when cases fail discourages meritless lawsuits.
- The FloridianSeptember 21, 2026floridianpress.com
Florida Voters Can Defend Lawsuit Abuse Reforms in November
An opinion piece credits Florida's 2022–23 legal reforms with stabilizing its insurance market, citing new insurers, investment and changes in litigation and rate filings, and urges voters to defend those reforms.
- Bloomberg LawSeptember 14, 2026news.bloomberglaw.com
Major Companies Demand Litigation Funding Disclosure From Courts
More than 200 companies — including Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Uber, Meta, Netflix and major insurers such as Allstate, State Farm and Chubb — signed a letter to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules urging a federal rule requiring disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements, ahead of the committee's October meeting where a subcommittee chaired by Judge R. David Proctor is studying the practice.
- Just the NewsSeptember 14, 2026justthenews.com
The truth behind the rise of personal injury lawsuit financing
PACT Executive Director Lauren Zelt discusses personal-injury lawsuit financing, predatory lending practices, inflated medical bills and the securitization of legal debts in this Just the News video.