Accuracy before urgency.

Source hierarchy

We prefer courts, government agencies, settlement administrators, and filed documents. Reputable reporting may add context. Attorney websites and press releases can identify leads, but they are not treated as independent confirmation of a settlement value.

Allegations and outcomes

We attribute allegations to the people or filings making them. We do not imply that a filing proves causation, liability, eligibility, or damages. Verdicts, settlements, dismissals, and pending claims are described as different legal events.

Missing information stays missing

Where a figure is not publicly disclosed, we write that it is not publicly disclosed rather than estimate it. A settlement whose terms are sealed is reported as sealed. An agreement the court has described but not published is reported as disclosed with nonpublic terms. We would rather leave an obvious gap on the page than fill it with a number no document supports.

Authorship

Pages are bylined to the Settlement Advocate Editorial Team, which is a collective, not an individual. We do not publish invented author personas, synthetic author portraits, or credentials nobody holds. Where a named human is responsible for a review, that human is real, named, and verifiable—or the review is not claimed at all.

The line we do not cross

This publication reports the public court record. It does not assess whether any person has a claim, estimate what a claim may be worth, calculate a filing deadline, or recommend an attorney. Reporting that a docket held a stated number of pending actions on a stated date is journalism about a public document. Advising a reader about their own rights is the practice of law, and it belongs to a lawyer who knows their facts and their jurisdiction.

Everything on this site is written on the reporting side of that line. It is why we publish no payout estimates, run no eligibility quizzes, and sell no leads.

Attorney review

No page on this site is presented as attorney-reviewed, and none currently is. When we retain legal review, the reviewing attorney is named with their bar credentials, jurisdiction, review date, and the scope of what they reviewed — the methodology, page templates, and disclaimer language, rather than a rubber stamp on every article. Any content approaching eligibility or claim valuation ships only after that review, or it does not ship. Editorial review does not create an attorney-client relationship.

What our dates mean

Each page carries up to three dates, and they are not interchangeable. Published is the date the page first appeared and never changes. Updated moves only when a person substantively changed the content—never because the site was rebuilt or redeployed. Sources verified is the date someone actually re-opened the underlying records and confirmed them. A page that has not changed keeps its original date. We do not refresh dates to look current.

Corrections

Send a correction request with the page URL, the statement at issue, and supporting primary material. We review material corrections promptly and update the page's review record when a substantive change is made.

Commercial independence

Advertising and future lead-generation relationships do not change our published numbers, source hierarchy, or eligibility language. Sponsored placements must be labeled. We do not promise case acceptance or compensation.