Find the record behind the question
Products, evidence and federal cases
Explore major product and injury cases through the drug, device, exposure, diagnosis and court record involved.
Women’s healthMedicines, devices, exposure and care
Explore contraception, implanted devices, cancer evidence, pregnancy and infant health through the exact record involved.
Everyday legal topicsRights, records and official starting points
Begin with the transaction, workplace, family question, court or agency that actually maintains the record.
State guidesCourts, statutes and public records
Find official court systems, statutory text and agency records for the state and document you need.
Bankruptcy recordsA bankruptcy question starts with the chapter, the court and the docket
Start with the official federal court record before drawing conclusions about a bankruptcy case.
Immigration court recordsCase status is useful. The court notice is the official record.
How to use EOIR status tools, court contacts and record requests without confusing them with the actual notice or order.
Civil-rights recordsName the setting before choosing where to report
Preserve the facts first, then use the official federal route that fits the setting.
AFFF and PFAS litigationThe PFAS MDL includes different injuries, properties and public-water claims
MDL 2873 coordinates thousands of federal actions, but its allegations and remedies are not all the same.
Consumer rightsStart with the transaction, the promise and the records
A clear timeline and the right federal starting point can help identify the next question without assuming every dispute follows the same rule.
Business and property recordsStart with the document and the office that issued it
A business name, federal tax number, lease and housing complaint belong to different record systems.
Arizona legal sourcesArizona’s statewide case search is a lead, not the official record
Use the public search to find the court and case. Then verify the result with the court or clerk and use the right source for statutes and documents.
California legal sourcesCalifornia law, bills and court records live in different places
Use Legislative Information for codes and bills, the county Superior Court for trial records, and the official opinion collection for citable appellate law.
Georgia legal sourcesIn Georgia, follow a bill all the way to the Act
A legislative search result shows what was introduced or considered. Enactment, effective language, Georgia Laws and the court record show what actually followed.
New York legal sourcesNew York law starts with the right court and the right text
The state has several trial courts and several record systems. A reliable search begins by identifying what kind of document you need.
Illinois legal sourcesIn Illinois, read the statute’s source note before relying on the text
The official database warns that an amendment can appear before it takes effect. The source note, Public Act and county court record complete the picture.
Florida legal sourcesFlorida law changes by session, so follow the history note
The annual statute book is only part of the trail. Section history, session laws and the correct circuit court show what changed and where a case belongs.
Texas legal sourcesTexas court records begin with the court that keeps them
Find the right Texas court, keep exact case details and verify the record with its clerk.
Family law recordsFamily law starts with the right state court and the right record
How to find the court or child-support agency that actually maintains the record.
Workplace recordsA workplace problem needs the right agency record
Separate discrimination records from pay, hours and leave resources, then preserve what happened.
After a deathTo understand a wrongful-death case, start with the right court
How to locate the controlling record and distinguish allegations from court decisions.
Workplace injuriesWorkers’ compensation starts with identifying the right program
A practical guide to finding the state agency or federal program that handles the relevant records.
Medical recordsIf care raised questions, begin with the record—not a diagnosis of the case
How to request records, build a neutral timeline and use official data without drawing unsupported conclusions.
Roundup litigationThe Roundup cases turn disputed science into individual legal questions
A careful guide to the federal litigation, regulatory record and limits of population evidence.
Social media and youth harmThe social-media cases test product design, platform defenses and individual causation
What families allege, how the court treated threshold defenses and what public-health evidence can establish.
Preterm nutrition and NECThe preterm-formula cases concern a narrow and medically complex question
How the allegations, feeding research and individual evidence fit together without overstating causation.
Motorcycle crashesAfter a motorcycle crash, separate the event record from the helmet record
A practical guide to police reports, helmet labels and the limits of generalized conclusions.
Property incidentsA property-injury record begins with the condition, the notice and the response
How accessibility standards and incident records can help organize what happened without deciding fault.
Product safetyA recall can sharpen the questions without answering the legal claim
How recall records, safety reports and product identifiers fit into a careful review.
Bard port catheter litigationThe Bard port cases test allegations about catheter materials and device failure
A careful guide to the implanted-port allegations, broader catheter evidence and dated federal record.
Paragard litigationThe Paragard cases focus on breakage during removal
What plaintiffs allege, what FDA labeling says and why neither resolves an individual case by itself.
GLP-1 litigationThe GLP-1 cases separate injury allegations from drug-specific evidence
A readable guide to MDL 3094, FDA labels and the limits of the current federal record.
Talc litigationThe talc cases sit between disputed product history and evolving cancer evidence
A concise guide to the allegations, company response and scientific assessment without drawing an individual-causation conclusion.
Hair-relaxer litigationThe hair-relaxer cases turn an epidemiological association into a contested legal question
How population research, product allegations and the federal docket fit together—and where their limits begin.
Surgical mesh litigationSurgical mesh cases are several separate disputes, not one lawsuit
A clear guide to the separate Bard, Covidien and Atrium federal hernia-mesh proceedings.
Cook IVC filter litigationThe Cook IVC filter cases separate device allegations from the broader medical record
Plaintiffs allege Cook filters can fracture, migrate, tilt or perforate the vena cava. FDA guidance and medical research explain real filter risks without deciding individual causation.
Paraquat litigationThe paraquat cases ask courts to weigh a genuinely contested Parkinson's record
Plaintiffs allege paraquat exposure caused Parkinson's disease. EPA says the studies conflict while regulatory review continues.
Proton-pump inhibitor litigationThe PPI cases turn kidney-risk signals into contested causation claims
Plaintiffs allege proton-pump inhibitors caused kidney injuries. FDA labeling and observational evidence have important limits.
Depo-Provera litigationThe Depo-Provera cases focus on meningioma risk and warning history
What the federal court, FDA labeling record and original research establish—and what they do not.
Personal injuryAn injury can raise a legal question. The records tell the story.
A national introduction to organizing records and understanding civil process without replacing state-specific law.
Car crashesAfter a car crash, build the record before drawing conclusions
How crash reports and event-data records fit into a careful review—and where their limits begin.
Commercial trucksA truck crash can leave a second trail of records
How duty-time, dispatch and maintenance records may add context without deciding responsibility.
ExplainerWhat multidistrict litigation actually does
How related federal lawsuits can share pretrial proceedings without becoming one case or deciding an outcome.
ExplainerMass tort or class action? The structure is different
A comparison of Rule 23 class certification and federal multidistrict litigation.