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The Jon and Marc Podcast
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…
Episodes
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Inside the Dockets: Camp Lejeune Tier 1 Trials, Social Media Trials, & Spinal Cord Preemption
Key Takeaways Camp Lejeune Bellwether Trials Underway: The first kidney cancer bellwether trial has kicked off ahead of the court's October 30 settlement…
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Scaling Personal Injury Firms Beyond the Hiring Wall with Viraj Bindra
Key Takeaways The Operational Middle Bottleneck: Many growing personal injury firms generate high lead volumes and handle trial litigation well, but struggle…
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Post-MTMP Mass Tort Breakdown: Apple AirTags, Bard PowerPort, and Year-End Case Outlook
Key Takeaways No Single Dominant Mass Tort: MTMP Fall lacked a central "bell of the ball" litigation compared to past years, though spinal cord stimulators…
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Drafting the Ultimate 2027 Guest Roster for Law Firm Growth
Key Takeaways Looking outside the legal space reveals powerful growth models from viral sports franchises, digital content strategists, and high-performance…
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Camp Lejeune Settlement Matrix, Apple AirTag Litigation & Mass Tort Capital Realities
Key Takeaways Camp Lejeune Tier 1 Matrix Imminent: A Tier 1 settlement framework, potentially exceeding $1,000,000 for top-tier elective cases, is anticipated…
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How Morgan & Morgan Built a $61M Referral Engine Through Grassroots Marketing
Key Takeaways Outbound referral networks can become massive revenue drivers when backed by strict response protocols like Dan Morgan's 24-hour turnaround rule…
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Spinal Cord Stimulator, JPML Decisions & What’s Next for Mass Torts at MTMP
Key Takeaways Spinal Cord Stimulators Split into Separate MDLs: The JPML granted the petitions to establish distinct MDLs for Nevro and Abbott. Alongside…
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Psychics or Idiots? Revisiting Our 2026 Legal Marketing Predictions at the Start of Q4
Jon and Marc are heading into Q4 2026 and it's time to answer for themselves: what happened to the eight predictions they made at the start of the year? In…
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Pre-MTMP Mass Tort Power Rankings: Top 10 Litigations to Watch in 2026
Key Takeaways Chlorpyrifos Emerges as the Next Chemical Tort: Following the Paraquat and Roundup playbooks, Chlorpyrifos pesticide litigation linking exposure…
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Why Most Legal Marketing Podcasts Fail (And How to Fix Yours)
Key Takeaways Scaling a high-quality weekly podcast requires a full 7-person operation spanning talents, cinematography, editing, strategy, and clip…
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Navigating Mass Tort Settlements: The 95% Participation Threshold & Depo-Provera Rules
Key Takeaways Spinal Cord Stimulators: Following the initial Boston Scientific MDL, pending JPML petitions for Abbott and Nevro will likely result in three…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Mike Morse's No-BS Framework for Law Firm Leadership
Key Takeaways Delegating operational management to an executive operator frees law firm founders to concentrate strictly on marketing, firm vision, and…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Will Hair Relaxer Settle in 2026? Daubert Showdowns in Roundup, Depo-Provera, and GLP-1 Litigation
Key Takeaways Roundup $7.25B Approval Hearing: The final approval hearing in Missouri State Court wrapped up following objections from 150 plaintiffs regarding…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The Hidden Operational Pitfalls of Law Firm Growth with Dwuan Hammond
Key Takeaways Leverage means driving a higher output ratio relative to invested inputs rather than simply expanding firm size, which can lead to growing out of…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Inside the $40M Bard Bellwether Win & What’s Next for Uber, Paraquat, and Meta
Key Takeaways Bard PowerPort Rebounds: The second bellwether trial resulted in a massive $40 million plaintiff verdict for a fracture/migration injury…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
What 20,000 High-Profile Cases Teach You About Business Breakups
Key Takeaways Form law firm partnerships only out of operational necessity, and always establish written exit terms before opening your doors. Secure earned…
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$17 Billion Social Media Settlement, NEC MDL Verdicts & Mass Tort Headwinds
Key Takeaways NEC MDL Headwinds: A defense verdict in the first MDL bellwether trial and three previous summary judgment dismissals underscore the severe…
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Why Watching Courtroom Trials Outperforms Expensive Conferences
Key Takeaways Trial reps build real authority: Early courtroom losses provide essential feedback that refines trial strategy and builds long-term credibility…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
TikTok’s $400M DOJ Settlement, NEC Inventory Payouts, and SCS Litigation
Key Takeaways Abbott resolved a major tranche of NEC litigation through a $675 million inventory settlement covering approximately 2,000 cases, including the…
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Why Glen Lerner Made the Biggest Move of His 35-Year Career.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Case costs went 25x in 25 years: From $160 per case in 1998 to $4,000 today in Vegas. That's not inflation, that's the entire market structure…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The $88M Hernia Mesh Outlier, NEC Trial, & $1.5T Social Media Lawsuits
Key Takeaways $88M Covidien Hernia Mesh Verdict: Plaintiffs secured a massive $77 million compensatory award plus $11 million for loss of consortium involving…
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Podcasting 101 for Lawyers: Gear, Mistakes, and Lessons From Recording 50 Episodes in One Year
Key Takeaways Commit long-term before launching: Success in podcasting requires a minimum 18-month commitment to a fixed schedule regardless of short-term…
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The August 2026 Mass Tort Power Rankings: What to Acquire, What to Watch, and What Is Settling
Key Takeaways Mature litigations are nearing settlement windows: Hair Relaxer and Uber Sexual Abuse are tracking toward potential resolutions in the near term…
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From Camp Tragedies to Plane Crashes: How Sam Taylor Fights Corporate Negligence
Key Takeaways Obtaining early trial reps through prosecution or defense dockets builds the courtroom composure needed for complex litigation. Corporate…
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1 Year, 50 Episodes: Ranking Our Top 10 Tort Talk Moments!
Key Takeaways 50 Consecutive Weeks of Mass Tort Intelligence: Celebrating a full year without missing a single week, delivering real-time legal updates, docket…
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Why Work Ethic & Character Drive Trial Success in Mass Torts and PI
Key Takeaways The Power of Work Ethic & Hiring: Prioritizing past real-world work experience, such as waiting tables during college, helps filter for…
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$5.5 Billion Talcum Powder Settlement Breakdown & Social Media Trial Updates
Key Takeaways $5.5B Talcum Powder Settlement Reached: After 15 years of litigation, J&J agreed to an uncapped settlement starting at $5.5B (which could reach…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Combining Mass Brand Marketing with Real Courtroom Power | Anthony Pusch & Bob Wynne
Key Takeaways Rethinking Billboard Marketing: Traditional direct-response billboards that rely heavily on phone numbers often miss the point; effective…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
From Taylor Swift Tickets to Federal Courts: The ROI of Community First
Key Takeaways The Platinum Rule reigns supreme: Treat clients exactly how they want to be treated, not how you think they should be treated. Hyper-local…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Tylenol Reborn, Talc Setbacks, and Covidien's First Bellwether Trial
Key Takeaways Tylenol MDL Reinstated: The Second Circuit overturned the district court's exclusion of plaintiff experts, ruling that judges should not resolve…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Three Days from Bankruptcy to Back-to-Back Nine-Figure Verdicts
Key Takeaways Leading Through Extreme Crisis: Taking the helm as CEO right as courts closed required absolute transparency and raw video updates rather than…
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Navigating Defense Verdicts: What’s Next for NEC and Bard PowerPort?
Key Takeaways NEC Trial Setbacks: A recent defense verdict in St. Louis adds to the challenges of NEC litigation, though plaintiff attorneys are looking toward…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Human Empathy or Indistinguishable Automation? The Battle for Legal Intake
Key Takeaways The Long-Term Threat to Personal Injury Margins: Autonomous vehicles and advanced commercial automation represent an inevitable shift that will…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Mass Tort Strategy: Rebounding From SCOTUS & The Multi-Prong Attack on Uber
Key Takeaways SCOTUS Roundup Ruling: The Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling finding that federal pesticide law preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Lady Legal Law: How One Woman Built a Scaling Firm While Mentoring the Next Generation
Key Takeaways Building a woman-owned, woman-led plaintiff firm requires rethinking traditional law firm hierarchies and creating mentorship pipelines for both…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Settlement Pressure and Trial Momentum in Social Media Cases
Marc Rioux and Joe Fantini dive into a busy week in mass torts, covering major developments across Depo-Provera, Social Media Addiction, Roundup, and Uber…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Why AI Companies Prioritize Growth Over Safety: AI Psychosis, Suicide Cases, and Corporate Negligence
Rachel Lanier and Sarah Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, join Jon Robinson and Marc Rioux to break down how AI is being weaponized against vulnerable people, and…
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The $60M NEC Setback, Talc Dismissal Tactics, and AFFF Docket Cleanup
Key Takeaways NEC $60M Verdict Overturned: The Illinois appellate court reversed a massive 2024 plaintiffs' verdict due to improper jury instructions regarding…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Tax Strategy for Trial Lawyers: Act 60, Penalty Refunds, and Clean Books
Key Takeaways A Supreme Court ruling has opened up $170 billion in AIPA tariff refunds for importers and downstream businesses, creating a major niche…
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New MDLs Formed, J&J’s Talc Defense Verdict, and Major Paraquat Updates
Key Takeaways Two New MDLs Established: The JPML has officially formed two new mass tort dockets: the Dupixent litigation in the District of New Jersey and the…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Inside the Underground Network of Child Abuse (And Why Nobody's Stopping It)
Key Takeaways Lee Floyd spent over a decade defending major corporations like Johnson & Johnson and Bayer before transitioning to plaintiff's work in 2020. A…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Mass Tort Power Rankings: The "Rocket Docket" Surges & A Game-Changing $27M Precedent
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…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The Private Equity Shift: Turning Your Law Firm From a Founder-Led Practice to a Scalable Asset
Key Takeaways Personal injury firms attract private capital because their high-volume, mass-advertising models offer predictable cash flow, unlike mass torts…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Inside the $70B Opioid Litigation and the New Battle Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Key Takeaways Paul Farrell Jr. led the legal strategy that recovered approximately $70 billion in national opioid settlements by filing lawsuits against every…
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The Battle for Accountability: Zuckerberg’s Testimonial Pressure, Rocket Dockets, and Emerging Mass Torts
Key Takeaways Social Media Litigation Shifts to School Districts: The first bellwether school district trial is set for next month against Meta in a rural…
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Why Founder-Led Marketing Beats Private Equity for Law Firms
The script is flipped in this episode of The Jon & Marc Podcast, as RR Digital's VP of Client Services, Jen Cox, hosts this episode and interviews Jon Robinson…
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The $495 Million NEC Victory & The Bard PowerPort Setback
This week on Tort Talk, Jon Robinson and Marc Rioux are joined by Joseph Fantini of Rosen Injury Lawyers to break down a whirlwind of activity in the mass tort…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The Personal Brand Trap: Why Lawyers Chase Viral Videos and Lose Everything
Sara Williams has built one of the most engaged audiences of any attorney on social media, bringing her high-quality case referrals, partnerships, and the…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Daubert Deadlines: The Make-or-Break Month for Weight Loss and Hair Relaxer
This week on Tort Talk, Jon and Marc are live from the Vanderbilt Hotel in Puerto Rico, joined by Joseph Fantini of Rosen Injury Lawyers to break down a…
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How Mark Lanier Beat Facebook, Instagram and YouTube (And What Happens Next)
Holding Big Tech Accountable: Mark discusses the legal battles surrounding social media addiction and why corporations must face the consequences of their…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Mass Tort Showdown: The Roundup Settlement Fight and Talc’s Post-Bankruptcy Momentum
Key Takeaways: The Supreme Court is weighing Roundup preemption: The Justices heard oral arguments on April 27th regarding whether FIFRA preempts state law…
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From Section 230 to OpenAI: The New Frontier of Plaintiff Law
Matthew Bergman returns to The Jon & Marc Podcast to discuss the latest developments in social media addiction cases and the groundbreaking litigation against…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Proving Liability vs. Proving Damages: Lessons from the Uber MDL
Key Takeaways: The Uber $5,000 Verdict: While the dollar amount was low, the verdict is seen as a "win-win" because it established Uber’s liability for driver…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The Design Defect That Transmits Superbugs: Inside the Olympus Scopes Case
Key Takeaways: The "Ick Factor" and Cleaning Failure: The Lanier Law Firm's Kelsey Stokes explains how Olympus, the leading endoscope manufacturer, produces…
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Roblox, Olympus, and Social Media: The Most Anticipated Trials of 2026
Key Takeaways: The Energy Shift at MTMP: Unlike the somber mood of previous years, there is a "renewed and refreshed energy" in the market driven by capital…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Ironman, Not Terminator: The Reality of AI in Modern Plaintiff Law
Key Takeaways: The "AI Mailroom" Solution: Foundation AI serves as a bridge between inbound documents and practice management systems, automating the tedious…
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The 2026 April Mass Tort Power Rankings: Who Takes the Top Spot?
Key Takeaways: Social Media Addiction is the new #1: Following a $6 million verdict against Meta and Google, Section 230 is no longer seen as an invincible…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
Marketing as a Profit Center: Why Your Law Firm Brand is Compounding
Key Takeaways: Operations vs. IT: Distinguish between infrastructure and "technology-wrapped" processes by hiring specialized roles like Digital Operations…
- The Jon and Marc Podcast
The $6 Million Signal: Analyzing the Social Media Addiction Verdict
Key Takeaways: Social Media Addiction Verdict: A landmark $6 million verdict ($3M compensatory, $3M punitive) was reached in Los Angeles. Bard PowerPort…
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The Truth About Mass Tort Payouts No One Explains to Clients
Key Takeaways: Why mass tort settlements can take 10–14 months to fully pay out The difference between a settlement announcement and a finalized agreement How…