Key Takeaways

• The #1 Ranked Mass Tort remains the undisputed heavyweight champion of the board after securing a staggering $27 million settlement on a school district bellwether case that was originally selected entirely by the defense.

• Depo Provera has officially broken into the top three as a historic "rocket docket" under Judge Rogers, on track to advance from MDL inception to a December trial date in under two years.

• Hair Relaxer securely holds the #2 spot on the rankings with a steady influx of filings pushing the docket toward 12,000 cases as Daubert decisions loom this fall.

• Tech litigation bottlenecks are prompting defense firms to pivot, with corporate targets in the Roblox litigation aggressively trying to force 160 MDL cases into individual state-by-state minor arbitration.

• Weight Loss Drug dockets require a dual-screening approach from intake teams, as litigation expands concurrently across separate gastrointestinal injury and vision loss MDLs.