David Meldofsky

Founder of Lawsuit Informer · California-licensed attorney (CA Bar No. 263673)

I built Lawsuit Informer because the public-facing legal internet has become difficult to read honestly. Lawsuit pages routinely mix education, advertising, and case intake without clearly signaling which is which, and generative AI now produces high volumes of plausible-sounding legal content that blurs the line between what the law currently recognizes and what a marketing funnel hopes a reader will assume.

My work has touched both sides of that system — representing injured clients, and seeing how potential claims are screened and routed through legal intake and referral. That perspective shapes the editorial approach here: the goal is not to convert readers into leads, but to help them understand what a general legal article can and cannot tell them before they make a decision under stress.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Why I Built Lawsuit Informer

A reader Googling a lawsuit topic in 2026 is competing with three things at once: search-engine-optimized content written for advertising rather than education, AI summaries that confidently restate legal positions without distinguishing settled from unsettled law, and intake forms that look like information but are designed to capture leads. Each is legitimate on its own. Together they produce a research experience where it is genuinely hard to tell what you actually know after thirty minutes of reading.

Lawsuit Informer is an attempt to write back. The site is built around three commitments:

• Pages explain general legal issues without claiming to evaluate any individual reader's claim. That determination depends on facts — exposure history, diagnosis, timing, jurisdiction, evidence — that no general article can know.
• Where the law is unsettled, the page says so. Where regulations and litigation are moving in different directions, as they currently are with PFAS, the page distinguishes the two rather than collapsing them.
• Articles are written or reviewed by a licensed attorney, with a dated review note. Medical sections are reviewed for general accuracy by a physician.

The site is an editorial platform, not a law firm. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship, and nothing on it should be treated as legal advice for a specific situation.

Background

• California-licensed attorney (CA Bar No. 263673)
• Experience representing injured clients
• Experience supporting legal intake and case referrals
• Collaboration with law firms across multiple litigation areas
• Editorial focus on toxic exposure, product liability, and consumer-facing legal education
• Founder of Lawsuit Informer

Published Commentary and Media Mentions

My published writing has focused on two themes: the gap between EPA's narrowing PFAS regulatory posture and an expanding PFAS litigation landscape, and the consumer-side risks of relying on AI-generated legal content without visible editorial review. Below are the pieces that reflect those positions most directly.

Additional media citation:

• InsideEPA: Lawyer Suggests EPA's Narrowed SDWA PFAS Focus Gives Mixed Message

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Editorial Standards

Every page on Lawsuit Informer is written or reviewed by a California-licensed attorney before publication. Pages on medical topics receive an additional review for general medical accuracy. Each substantive page carries a "last updated" date, and pages on actively developing topics — PFAS, AFFF, and similar — are reviewed on a rolling basis as regulations and litigation change.

The site does not publish anonymous content, does not present marketing copy as editorial reporting, and does not claim to evaluate individual claims. Where AI tools are used in drafting, the published version is reviewed by a licensed attorney for accuracy, framing, and any statements that should be qualified or removed.

Full details, including how corrections are handled, are available on the Editorial Policy page.

Topics Covered

• How lawsuits work
• Mass tort litigation
• Class action lawsuits
• Toxic exposure claims
• Product liability cases
• Common legal research questions

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Contact

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Selected Writing by David Meldofsky