Legal growth insights from Jon, Marc, and the industry's top tier legal & marketing professionals. Two veteran legal marketers, Jon Robinson and Marc Rioux, dive into the business of law, mass torts, and the future of plaintiff-side firms. From marketing strategy and technology to candid conversations with top trial lawyers, marketers, and industry leaders, this podcast unpacks what’s really driving growth and change in the legal world. Honest, practical, and a little irreverent—perfect for attorneys, marketers, and anyone curious about where the business of law is headed.
The Jon and Marc Podcast
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Legal growth insights from Jon, Marc, and the industry's top tier legal & marketing professionals. Two veteran legal marketers, Jon Robinson and Marc Rioux, dive into the business of law, mass torts, and the future of plaintiff-side firms. From marketing strategy and technology to candid conversations with top trial lawyers, marketers, and industry leaders, this podcast unpacks what’s really driving growth and change in the legal world. Honest, practical, and a little irreverent—perfect for attorneys, marketers, and anyone curious about where the business of law is headed.
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June 2, 2026
The Private Equity Shift: Turning Your Law Firm From a Founder-Led Practice to a Scalable Asset
<p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p>Personal injury firms attract private capital because their high-volume, mass-advertising models offer predictable cash flow, unlike mass torts dockets that have undefined timelines and cash flow volatility.</p></li><li><p>Management Services Organizations (MSOs) allow outside investors to buy into the legal space by owning the service-providing business rather than the regulated law firm equity itself.</p></li><li><p>Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in jurisdictions like Arizona and Puerto Rico permit non-lawyers to own direct equity in law firms, providing a different pathway for institutional funding.</p></li><li><p>A law firm's valuation depends heavily on separating the business operations from the founder. Firms built entirely around a single attorney's face and reputation carry high transition risk and receive lower valuations.</p></li><li><p>Institutional capital and artificial intelligence are driving a massive spending war in case acquisition. Independent trial attorneys may eventually need to join large capitalized firms to access major cases.</p></li><li><p>Post-acquisition failures often stem from regulatory overreach or a breakdown in trust between the investing partners and the practicing attorneys.</p></li></ul>
May 26, 2026
Inside the $70B Opioid Litigation and the New Battle Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
<p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p>Paul Farrell Jr. led the legal strategy that recovered approximately $70 billion in national opioid settlements by filing lawsuits against every level of the pharmaceutical supply chain.</p></li><li><p>The settlement funds are legally structured within all 50 states to guarantee they are spent strictly on addiction treatment and abatement rather than disappearing into general government budgets.</p></li><li><p>The litigation began by utilizing an overlooked West Virginia code section that grants county commissioners explicit legal standing to sue corporations for creating a public nuisance.</p></li><li><p>While the cases against manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies are nearly finished, the legal focus has shifted to holding Pharmacy Benefit Managers accountable for controlling drug formularies and using vertical integration to drive the epidemic.</p></li><li><p>The legal team proved corporate misconduct by demonstrating "diversion," where massive quantities of pills were sent to small towns with no objective medical justification.</p></li><li><p>Farrell extended his antitrust litigation strategy to take on Google, representing independent newspaper publishers whose advertising revenue was destroyed by digital advertising monopolies and walled garden ecosystems.</p></li><li><p>Artificial intelligence poses a new challenge for content creators by scraping publisher text and displaying answers directly, which threatens to eliminate the financial incentive to create original news.</p></li></ul><p></p>
May 21, 2026
The Battle for Accountability: Zuckerberg’s Testimonial Pressure, Rocket Dockets, and Emerging Mass Torts
<p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Social Media Litigation Shifts to School Districts:</strong> The first bellwether school district trial is set for next month against Meta in a rural Kentucky district, following massive pre-trial settlements by YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.</p></li><li><p><strong>Depo-Provera Moving at Record Speed:</strong> With expert depositions complete and Daubert motions fully underway, the litigation is on a strict "rocket docket" pacing toward a crucial June 24, 2026 hearing and a December trial.</p></li><li><p><strong>GLP-1 Vision Loss Risk Intensifies:</strong> A new study published in JAMA Network Open demonstrates that GLP-1 weight loss drug users face a nearly three times higher risk of developing NAION (vision loss).</p></li><li><p><strong>Projected Growth for Weight Loss Dockets:</strong> While the vision loss litigation currently holds only a few hundred cases, experts project it could scale 10x up to 3,000 to 5,000 total cases as scientific data continues to mount.</p></li><li><p><strong>May JPML Brings High-Stakes New Torts:</strong> The May 28, 2026 JPML hearing will evaluate consolidating Dupixent (deemed an 80-90% slam dunk) and Spinal Cord Stimulators against Abbott and Boston Scientific (facing complex multi-defendant hurdles).</p></li></ul>
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