Editor
David Meldofsky edits Lawsuit Intelligencer and writes most of its current analysis. He is a California-licensed attorney with roughly two decades of experience in mass tort referral and the plaintiff-side legal industry — representing injured clients, and working inside the intake, claim-screening, and referral systems where the business of plaintiff-side law actually runs.
That vantage point is the reason this publication exists. The questions it covers — how referral economics work, what state regulatory action means when the federal floor contracts, what happens to product liability doctrine when the defective product is an AI system — are the ones he kept encountering inside the industry and rarely saw analyzed honestly outside it. He is also the founder of Lawsuit Informer, which provides plain-English public legal education, and Lawsuit Center, which organizes case-review information by lawsuit category. Lawsuit Intelligencer is the industry-facing layer of that ecosystem.
Writing in Lawsuit Intelligencer
Current analysis published here, most recent first.
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The 2026 Mass Tort Map
The federal docket has never been more concentrated, and 2026 is the year the procedural phase finally turned into verdicts — with two of the defense bar's most dependable shields, Section 230 and bankruptcy, cracking at the same time.
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The Fee That Isn't a Fee
Private equity's path into personal injury law rests on a single undefined word. California and Illinois wrote it into their statutes without saying what it means, and no court has decided where a management fee ends and "indirect" fee-sharing begins.
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Federal PFAS Rules Are Contracting. State PFAS Rules Aren't. The Litigation Will Follow the States.
The 2024 EPA drinking water standards looked like a foundation for the next wave of PFAS litigation. EPA's 2025–2026 rollback collapsed that assumption. What changes for plaintiff lawyers when the federal anchor moves and the state floors don't.
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AI Can Write the Brief. You Still Have to Verify It.
The sanctions docket is now its own body of law, and almost every entry failed at the same step. A working guide to using generative AI in court filings without ending up in a show-cause order.
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Welcome to Lawsuit Intelligencer
What this publication is, what it isn't, and why it exists.
Published elsewhere
Bylined commentary and citations in national legal outlets. His published work centers on two threads: the gap between EPA's narrowing PFAS posture and an expanding PFAS litigation landscape, and the legal questions raised by AI — both how consumers read AI-generated legal content and whether AI output is a product or content for liability purposes.
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Is AI Output a Product or Content?
Law360 guest commentary on whether AI-generated output should be treated as a product subject to liability or as content — the central doctrinal question in the emerging wave of AI injury litigation. Read the PDF.
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Before You Contact a Lawyer: How to Evaluate Lawsuit Information Online in the AI Era
A bylined feature on how consumers can tell legal education apart from advertising and intake, including AI-generated guidance, before contacting a lawyer.
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PFAS OUT Cannot Replace Broad Drinking Water Protections
Guest commentary framing EPA's narrowed PFAS reporting posture as a regulatory shift, not a safety determination, and what that distinction means for regulated entities and affected communities.
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PFAS Drinking Water Rules Are Changing as Lawsuits Surge
Guest commentary on EPA's PFAS reconsideration, the interaction of federal and California drinking water standards, and an expanding litigation landscape.
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Lawyer Suggests EPA's Narrowed SDWA PFAS Focus Gives Mixed Message
Cited as a legal commentator on the mixed signal EPA's narrowed Safe Drinking Water Act focus sends to regulated entities and affected communities.
Disclosure
David owns and operates Lawsuit Intelligencer, Lawsuit Informer, and Lawsuit Center. Where a piece touches on a subject in which he has a financial interest — including those properties or any party discussed — that interest is disclosed in the byline area of the piece, per the editorial standards. Nothing here is legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Contact
Editorial inquiries, pitches, and corrections: editor@lawsuitintelligencer.com. Connect on LinkedIn, or see the full personal hub at davidmeldofsky.com.