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Current cases our legal team is reviewing

Harmed by a drug, a medical device, a product or a company's negligence? These are the lawsuits Legal Rights Now is reviewing now. Each page explains what the lawsuits allege, who may be eligible, what to gather and where the litigation stands, with links to the court records.

Last reviewed October 12, 2026 · Sources: JPML, federal court records, FDA and other agencies

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Allegations in a lawsuit are not findings by a court. A multidistrict litigation (MDL) groups similar individual lawsuits before one federal judge for pretrial work; it isn't a class action. Last reviewed October 12, 2026.

These cases, by the numbers

  • 12active lawsuits our legal team is reviewing
  • 14federal MDL dockets behind them
  • 6kinds of harm, from dangerous drugs to social media
  • 171MDLs pending in federal court in all, on the same report

All 14 MDL dockets behind these lawsuits are listed as pending on the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's Pending MDL Dockets by MDL Type, report date October 1, 2026 (opens in a new tab). The total of 171 is from the JPML's MDL Statistics Report for the same date (see pending MDLs (opens in a new tab)).

Dangerous drugs

Prescription medicines that lawsuits allege caused serious injuries, or carried risks the makers did not adequately disclose.

Defective medical devices

Implanted medical devices that lawsuits allege failed, broke or caused injury.

Consumer products

Everyday products that lawsuits allege caused illness or injury.

Toxic & chemical exposure

Illness that lawsuits link to harmful chemicals used at work or found in drinking water.

Sexual assault and exploitation

Survivors of sexual assault by rideshare drivers, and children sexually exploited by adults who contacted them through an online game.

Social media and youth mental health

Lawsuits alleging that social media platforms were designed in ways that harm young users.

How these cases arise

Product and corporate liability lawsuits, including the mass torts grouped into MDLs, usually rest on one or more of these claims. Here is where each one comes up in the lawsuits we're reviewing.

  • Manufacturing defects

    Something went wrong in how a product, or a batch, was made, so it isn't what the maker intended.

  • Design defects

    The product is unreasonably dangerous because of how it was designed, even when it's made correctly.

  • Insufficient warnings or instructions

    The label, instructions or warnings didn't adequately explain a risk the maker knew or should have known about.

    • GLP-1 medicationsMakers alleged not to have adequately warned patients or doctors
    • Depo-ProveraAlleged failure to warn about meningioma
    • DupixentAlleged failure to provide adequate warnings about CTCL
    • Hair relaxersCompanies alleged not to have warned about reproductive harms
    • Suboxone filmMakers alleged to have known about, but not warned of, damage to teeth

  • Environmental and corporate negligence

    A company didn't use reasonable care, such as by releasing harmful chemicals or ignoring a known safety problem, and people were hurt as a result.

Based on the allegations described in the court records linked from each lawsuit page. The rules for these claims come mainly from state law.

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Whichever lawsuit brought you here, the first step is the same: a short form, read by our own legal team.

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