MDL tracker
Every MDL's pending actions, trend and momentum
A live MDL list built from the JPML pending-actions report, with every docket's count, trend and momentum. Rapidly growing dockets signal rising plaintiff awareness: the window to launch before saturation drives up cost per lead.
What the MDL tracker answers
Which MDLs are growing?
Top movers and decliners rank every MDL by the change in pending actions between JPML reports, by count or by percent.
- Month-over-month and 3, 6 and 12-month change
- Declines read as claims resolving or consolidating
- New dockets flagged in the report they first appear
How does it tie to the torts we market?
The Torts Board maps MDLs to the mass torts they belong to, with a 12-month trend for each, so docket growth reads as a marketing signal.
- MDL number, stage and pending actions per tort
- Active MDL, emerging and winding-down torts told apart
- One click into the tort's full dossier
What is happening inside the docket?
Each tort dossier's Litigation view shows the docket in detail: transferee judge, master docket, leadership, and the settlement record.
- Master docket linked to CourtListener
- Plaintiffs' leadership from the court record
- Litigation developments as they break
Questions about the MDL tracker
Where do the numbers come from?
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) pending-actions report, published monthly. Pending actions are the closest available read on how many cases a litigation holds.
Is there a full MDL list?
Yes. The tracker lists every MDL in the latest JPML pending-actions report, searchable by case name, MDL number, type and momentum, and ties the product-liability and mass tort MDLs to the torts LMI tracks.
How quickly does it update?
Within days of each monthly JPML report. Docket details and developments update as the court record and news publish.
See which litigation is growing
A 30-minute walkthrough of the MDL tracker and the torts it feeds.