The Camp Lejeune litigation is the latest to be turbocharged by a mass tort marketing industry that has evolved in recent years from the door-knocking of Erin Brockovich types into a high-tech, targeted operation on social media and TV. More than $145 million had been spent on television and social media advertising by year’s end—a figure predict could easily double, in part because as many as 500,000 veterans or their relatives could be eligible to file a claim, and because Congress has already authorized a payout of more than $6 billion.

A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes participating in girls and women’s sports can go forward because the plaintiff’s temporary withdrawal from school doesn’t require dismissal.

A technical glitch in the massive retirement access bill Congress passed late last year would prohibit older workers from making catch-up 401(k) contributions in 2024 unless lawmakers or the IRS fix it this year.

A group of Democratic lawmakers are reigniting pressure on the FDA to limit heavy metals in baby foods, citing a recent Bloomberg Law investigation that found lead and other toxic metals in several popular products.

Access to birth control coverage offered under the Affordable Care Act would be expanded and strengthened under a proposed rule issued Monday by the Biden administration.

Conservative activists are accelerating a push for public companies to disclose more about their charitable giving and partnerships with outside organizations promoting social causes.