Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York

08/26/2026

There’s a lot of money riding on personal injury lawsuits.

The New York Times found Wall Street investors have poured $2.8 billion into investments backed by lawsuit advances since 2020. When those cases pay out, investors get their cut.

08/18/2026

08/14/2026

New York’s 2.4 million small businesses employ 3.9 million people. When those businesses struggle, the impact reaches far beyond a balance sheet. It affects jobs, families, and communities across the state.

NFIB’s latest report found weaker business health and a significantly weaker small business employment outlook in New York than nationally. For the millions of New Yorkers who own or work for a small business, those numbers matter.

08/11/2026

A Manhattan dog training center was sued under the ADA because a product page interfered with a customer's screen reader. The owner said she wishes she'd known the site needed work. What she learned instead is that no amount of fixing would have prevented the suit, because the law never defined what an accessible website is.

Settling would have cost less than $5,000, and she didn't have it. She was in the middle of selling her business when the suit landed. The buyer walked, and she filed for personal bankruptcy. The site went dark, the storefront closed, and nobody's website was more accessible.

08/04/2026

"By pushing back against Albany’s most powerful special interest and delivering historic liability reforms, Gov. Hochul has shown what true leadership — and what a real affordability agenda — looks like. The Legislature should follow her lead by modernizing New York’s outdated, lawsuit-friendly laws instead of protecting the billboard lawyers’ business model." -Tom Stebbins, LRANY Executive Director

07/28/2026

This summer, the Department of Financial Services and State Police are training investigators on insurance fraud statutes, case studies, and investigative techniques. The updated training is now a permanent addition to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation curriculum.

07/24/2026

A Queens pharmacy allegedly billed auto insurers more than $2 million for pain gels that sell over the counter for as little as $10 to $20. One lidocaine prescription was billed at up to $1,905. The same drugs were prescribed to multiple people injured in the same crash, following what the complaint calls "predetermined fraudulent protocols."

The complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, alleges the pharmacy exploited New York's no-fault system, which requires insurers to pay up to $50,000 per crash victim for necessary care. These are allegations and have not been tested in court.

07/21/2026

In April 2025, a Manhattan cafe owner was handed a lawsuit listing 35 ADA violations. He says more than 75% of them weren't valid, including one for an outdoor table that the cafe doesn't have. The plaintiff who sued him has filed 67 cases like this.

Settling costs thousands. Fighting costs tens of thousands. Either way, the small business owner pays.

07/14/2026

A man in Rochester is accused of siphoning $1.3 million out of class action settlements that were intended for people who'd actually been wronged. Prosecutors say he used more than 480 bank accounts and fake IDs to file over 27,000 false claims across 107 different cases, from EpiPen to Jeep, over four years.

Most people never bother filing when a class action settles, which is exactly what leaves that money sitting there for someone willing to fake it. He faces up to 20 years if convicted.

07/10/2026

Photocopied signatures. Prescriptions dated to days the patient was never seen. Equipment billed to people with minor or no injuries. A new federal racketeering lawsuit alleges that two supply companies ran the same scheme on nearly every patient, draining the $50,000 in medical coverage meant for real injuries. See the story below.

The claims are unproven, and no court has ruled.