Most writing about mass torts stops at the courthouse. The docket, the science, the settlement. The business that feeds all three runs on decisions that are made every day and described almost nowhere. What a signed retainer costs. What share of an inventory goes unreachable before resolution. What a funder asks to see before it writes a check. What an expert costs a case when the retention comes late.
Each interview puts those questions to one operator who answers from their own numbers.
How these run
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