The Depo-Provera Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Fla., MDL 3140) is the fastest-growing docket in federal mass tort by a wide margin: LexGenius tracked approximately 1,398 new filings in March alone, while JPML data shows pending cases rose from 3,099 on March 1 to 3,490 on April 1 — a gap that reflects significant transfer lag and puts the true intake well ahead of what official MDL counts reflect. The Johnson & Johnson Talc Litigation (D.N.J., MDL 2738) holds its position as the largest active MDL at 67,115 pending, while the Hair Relaxer Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation (N.D. Ill., MDL 3060) and the GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Products Liability Litigation (E.D. Pa., MDL 3094) remain active intake dockets. In the AFFF Products Liability Litigation (D.S.C., MDL 2873), LexGenius tracked new government-plaintiff complaints from the City of Athens, OH and City of Belmont, WV against 3M and co-defendants, joining 15,220 pending cases — a signal that AFFF enforcement pressure continues to expand beyond individual claimants to municipal water utilities.
Senator Cory Booker urged the Supreme Court this week to allow Roundup cancer lawsuits to proceed, pressing the justices to reject federal preemption as a defense to glyphosate-linked non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims. The intervention follows a recent $2 billion jury verdict against Bayer and arrives as the Roundup Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Cal., MDL 2741) carries approximately 3,887 pending federal cases. A ruling permitting state-law failure-to-warn claims would eliminate defendants' primary preemption shield and substantially shift settlement pressure across the entire docket.
Bloomberg Law reported this week that sex trafficking survivors are gaining renewed access to hotel liability claims under the TVPRA's "willful blindness" standard, with courts allowing negligent security theories to proceed against hotel operators who benefited from trafficking on their premises. LexGenius is tracking a coordinated cluster of new federal TVPRA complaints — G6 Hospitality Sex Trafficking Litigation (naming Motel 6 and Studio 6 properties across C.D. Cal. and E.D. Tex.) and Four Points by Sheraton Sex Trafficking Litigation (S.D. Fla.) — each alleging the chains knowingly benefited from trafficking despite visible signs on their properties. No federal MDL has formed, but the filing pattern and Bloomberg Law's coverage signal the plaintiff bar is actively building a litigation track against hospitality defendants; attorneys representing trafficking survivors should assess TVPRA claims against hotel operators as a viable standalone theory.
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