Mass Tort News
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Camp Lejeune: 52 Days to the Oct. 30 Deadline
DOJ reports Camp Lejeune offers above $1 billion and payouts above $827 million, with 52 days left on the court's Oct. 30 global settlement deadline.
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Guides & Resources
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Medical Record Retention Laws by State: 2026 Guide
The 50-state guide to how long hospitals and physicians must keep medical records, from no state mandate in Wyoming to 26 years in Washington.
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Mass Tort News
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Abbott's $670M NEC Settlement and the Inman Verdict
Abbott paid about $670M to settle the $495M Gill verdict and 2,000 more NEC claims. Days later, Mead Johnson won Inman, the first federal bellwether.
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Legal Updates
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Camp Lejeune: DOJ Cites Tylenol Expert Ruling
Aug. 13 report: DOJ asked EDNC judges to apply a July 13 Tylenol expert ruling. Same filing cites 3,773 suits, 408,000+ claims, and an 88% proof gap.
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Guides & Resources
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Proof of Use and Injury for Mass Tort Claims
Navy says 88% of Camp Lejeune claims still lack DOJ evidence. A 2026 guide to proof of use and proof of injury by docket type.
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Guides & Resources
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Why Hospitals Are So Slow to Release Medical Records
Hospitals can legally take 30 days plus a 30-day extension, and enforcement is rare: 54 OCR actions since 2019 against roughly 31,000 complaints a year.
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HIPAA Fines Hit Professional Services Firms
OCR's $175K settlement with BST & Co. CPAs shows business associates: including law firms handling PHI: face the same Security Rule risk-analysis duties as providers.
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Legal Updates
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Camp Lejeune Settlement Update: Oct 30 Deadline Nears
No global Camp Lejeune deal yet. $872M paid on 3,901 approved offers as of Sept 14; the court's Oct 30 settlement deadline nears and trials start Nov 9.
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Mass Tort News
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Dupixent CTCL Lawsuits: The Next Emerging MDL
Plaintiffs are moving to centralize Dupixent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cases as an MDL after the FDA flagged a safety signal.
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ByHeart Formula Botulism Cases Become MDL-3178
The first formula-linked infant botulism outbreak (48 cases across 19 states) is now a federal MDL in New York.
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Technology
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Stop Curating Medical Data. Start Making It Available.
Schema-first extraction was opinion encoded as infrastructure. The engineering that matters now is fidelity: guaranteeing the model sees the full record, structured so it can reason through it.
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Industry Analysis
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PI Firms Lead AI Adoption: Med Records #1
56% of PI firms rank medical record review as their top AI need. Firms using AI broadly report 3x higher revenue growth.
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Legal Updates
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Conduent Breach: 25M to 62M, Social Security Numbers Exposed
First pegged at 25 million, the Conduent breach exposed Social Security numbers and health data of 62.2M people. A class settlement is now pending.
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Technology
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Legal AI Adoption Doubles to 69% in 2026
The 8am 2026 report finds 69% of legal professionals now use AI: but only 34% of firms have formal adoption. The governance gap is widening.
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Roundup Settlement: $7.25B Deal Approved
Missouri judge grants preliminary approval for Bayer's $7.25B Roundup class settlement covering 65,000 cancer claims.
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Mass Tort News
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MDL Trends Q1 2026: Where the Cases Are
158 active MDLs, 197,965 pending cases, and 95% concentrated in the top 25 dockets. A Q1 2026 mass tort landscape snapshot.
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Legal Updates
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HIPAA Enforcement 2026: Sharper and Wider
OCR doubled penalties, completed 50+ Right of Access actions, and launched Part 2 enforcement. What law firms need to know.
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Mass Tort News
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Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Hit 11,000: 2026 Update
MDL-3060 adds 247 cases per month. Daubert motions due April 1 as bellwether trials approach for 2027.
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Guides & Resources
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2026 HIPAA Security Rule: Law Firm Checklist
The first HIPAA Security Rule update in 13 years mandates MFA, encryption, and annual audits. What law firms must prepare now.
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Mass Tort News
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Camp Lejeune 2026: $530M Paid, Trials Begin
The Navy has paid $530M across 2,000 offers with 90% acceptance. But 409,000 claims remain pending as bellwether trials approach.
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Mass Tort News
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NEC Formula Lawsuit Update 2026: Verdicts and Next Trial
Mead Johnson won the first federal NEC bellwether, Abbott paid $670M to settle Gill, and Kelton v. Abbott is set for trial Oct. 15, 2026.
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Mass Tort News
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Paraquat Lawsuits 2026: What Firms Need to Know
Syngenta settled the first paraquat-Parkinson's trial hours before it began. 6,400 federal cases await resolution.
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Legal Updates
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Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Average Payout: Bard Settlement Update
There is no official average payout in the Bard hernia mesh settlement. BD's $1B+ deal covers 38,000+ suits, and medical records drive each claim's value.
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Guides & Resources
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How LlamaLab Helps You Recover $700K in Retrieval Costs
In-house paralegals are overhead. Outsourced retrieval is a recoverable case expense. Here's the math on why this shift saves firms $700K+.
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Product & Features
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LlamaLab Launches One-Click Litify Integration
New integration eliminates duplicate data entry: client demographics flow directly from Litify to LlamaLab, with records auto-filed to the correct matter.
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Mass Tort News
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OCR Settlement Clarifies HIPAA 30-Day Record Access
HHS OCR's Concentra settlement highlights HIPAA's 30-day access deadline, fee limits, and what patients can do when providers delay medical records.
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Ozempic Litigation Comprehensive Guide: August 2025 Updates and Medical Record Challenges
Guide to Ozempic litigation including Judge Marston's evidentiary ruling, NAION vision loss claims, and managing medical record requirements in MDL 3094.
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Mass Tort News
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Camp Lejeune Litigation Update: July 2025 Developments and the Medical Records Challenge
Camp Lejeune litigation updates including court rulings, settlement progress, and how law firms are addressing medical records with nearly 500,000 claims filed.
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Product & Features
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Transforming Medical Record Management for Legal Professionals
How LlamaLab delivers rapid medical record retrieval (4 days on average, with 30-40% same-day) and AI-powered analysis, reducing case processing time and supporting higher settlement values.
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Product & Features
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Beyond Paralegal Chronologies: How AI Transforms Medical Record Review
How AI-powered search, natural language queries, and traceable citations improve medical record analysis for personal injury attorneys.
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Guides & Resources
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The LlamaLab Medical Record Request Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to request and receive complete medical records through LlamaLab, with 4-day average turnaround, reverse provider search, and clinical indexing.
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Product & Features
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LlamaLab Enhances Record Retrieval with Supplemental Request Feature
New functionality allows law firms to request additional historical records without separate platform fees, supporting complete case documentation.
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Guides & Resources
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Best Practices for Medical Records Management in Legal Cases
How effective medical records management strengthens legal cases, improves client outcomes, and streamlines law firm workflows.
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Guides & Resources
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Medical Record Costs as Recoverable Case Expenses: What Every Attorney Should Know
How to properly document, allocate, and recover medical record expenses in litigation, maximizing case value while maintaining ethical compliance.
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Product & Features
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Inside LlamaLab's Medical OCR: Text Extraction and Layout Recognition
How domain-trained neural networks and layout analysis achieve high accuracy on handwritten clinical notes, medical tables, and multi-generation faxes.
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Legal Tech Trends
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The Medical Record Crisis: Why Lawyers Are Waiting Months for Records (And How to Fix It)
With retrieval delays averaging 45-90 days, law firms are turning to automated routing and reverse search to secure complete records in 4 days on average.
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Company News
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Meet LlamaLab at the New York Asbestos Litigation Conference 2024
Join LlamaLab at the Perrin Conferences New York Asbestos Litigation Conference to discover how automated medical record retrieval and analysis support mass tort litigation.
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Company News
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Meet LlamaLab at NJAJ Conference 2025: Modern Medical Record Management
Visit LlamaLab at booth 817 during the New Jersey Association for Justice Conference for live demonstrations of automated medical record retrieval and analysis.
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Guides & Resources
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The True Cost of Medical Record Retrieval: Beyond the Copy Fees
How staff hours, case delays, and unrecovered disbursements impact law firm profitability, and how to structure retrieval as a recoverable case expense.
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Welcome to LlamaLab: Modern Medical Record Management for Legal Professionals
How LlamaLab transforms medical record retrieval and analysis. Records come back in 4 days on average, and 30 to 40% come back the same day.
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