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 "meta": {
  "title": "Mass-tort docket tracker: JPML pending MDL dockets by actions pending (mdl)",
  "dataset": "mdl",
  "publisher": "Probative",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "released": "2026-10-25",
  "read": "2026-10-25",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
  "disclaimer": "Not legal advice. These are counts from the court's published statistics, kept for marketing planning. Counts change monthly; check the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's current report.",
  "source": "United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 'MDL Statistics Report - Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending' (monthly PDF), https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/pending-mdls-0",
  "statusCodes": {
   "P": "Computed directly from the JPML's published PDF; parsed totals equal the report's own totals row",
   "S": "not used",
   "D": "not used",
   "U": "suppressed (not used in this release)"
  },
  "excludedSnapshots": [
   [
    "2020-04-15",
    "gate failed: parsed 185 rows vs totals None"
   ],
   [
    "2022-09-15",
    "gate failed: parsed 0 rows vs totals None"
   ],
   [
    "2022-10-14",
    "gate failed: parsed 0 rows vs totals None"
   ],
   [
    "2022-11-15",
    "gate failed: parsed 0 rows vs totals None"
   ],
   [
    "2023-01-17",
    "gate failed: parsed 0 rows vs totals None"
   ]
  ],
  "fieldNotes": {
   "pendingActions": "'Actions Now Pending' column",
   "totalActions": "'Total Actions (Historical)' column",
   "change30d": "pendingActions minus the same MDL's count in the snapshot nearest 30 days earlier (within 12 days); blank if none",
   "change365d": "pendingActions minus the count in the snapshot nearest 365 days earlier (within 20 days); blank if none or the MDL was not pending then",
   "productsLiability": "true when the JPML's docket title contains 'Products Liability' (a title test, not the JPML's own type field)",
   "judge": "the transferee judge as printed by the JPML, an official named in their official role only",
   "sourceUrl": "records join snapshotSources on snapshotDate; data.csv repeats the URL on every row",
   "quote": "the docket's row as printed in the PDF (number, title, pending, total), string-matched against the PDF's layout text"
  },
  "page": "https://probativegrowth.com/research/mass-tort-mdl-tracker/",
  "snapshots": 82,
  "rows": 14459,
  "firstSnapshot": "2019-02-15",
  "latestSnapshot": "2026-10-01",
  "missingMonths": [
   "2019-01",
   "2019-06",
   "2019-10",
   "2019-11",
   "2019-12",
   "2020-01",
   "2022-12"
  ]
 },
 "columns": [
  "id",
  "snapshotDate",
  "mdlNumber",
  "title",
  "productsLiability",
  "district",
  "districtNote",
  "judge",
  "pendingActions",
  "totalActions",
  "change30d",
  "compareDate30d",
  "change365d",
  "compareDate365d",
  "status",
  "sourceUrl",
  "quote",
  "accessed"
 ],
 "snapshotColumns": [
  "snapshotDate",
  "dockets",
  "pendingActions",
  "totalActions",
  "sourceUrl",
  "retrievedFrom",
  "accessed",
  "totalsQuote"
 ],
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   "name": "snapshots.csv",
   "url": "https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/mdl/history/snapshots.csv",
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 "howToJoin": "Concatenate the mdl-<YYYY>.csv files (same header) for the full series; snapshots.csv holds the court's totals row for each snapshotDate."
}