Legal-market changes, week by week | Probative Growth

Week of 2026-10-26: 72 changes

2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

New business applications by county (Census Business Formation Statistics): Business applications by county first published
County income and migration from IRS tax returns: IRS county income and migration first published
Medical device adverse event reports by product code and quarter (FDA MAUDE via openFDA): Medical device adverse event reports by product code first published
Serious drug adverse event reports by active ingredient (openFDA FAERS): Serious drug adverse event reports by ingredient first published
Eviction filings by county and year (LSC Civil Court Data Initiative): Eviction filings by county first published
New green cards (lawful permanent residents) by county, country of birth and class of admission: New green cards by county, country of birth and class first published
New York workers' compensation claims by county and accident year: New York workers' compensation claims by county first published
Railroad casualties and crossing incidents by county (FRA Forms 55a, 57 and 54): Railroad casualties and crossing incidents by county first published
Toxic chemical releases by county (EPA Toxics Release Inventory): Toxic chemical releases by county first published
County and state unemployment: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual averages and latest month: County unemployment first published
USCIS naturalization and green card applications by field office: USCIS field office naturalization and green card applications first published
VA disability compensation, pension and survivor dollars by county (VA GDX report): VA benefit dollars by county first published
The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025: Bar pipeline first published
Federal criminal cases by offense and district (U.S. Courts Tables D-1, D-2 and D-3): Federal criminal cases by offense and district first published
Legal market crosswalks: practice areas, federal case codes, states, federal districts and counties: Crosswalks first published
Legal market crosswalks: practice areas, federal case codes, states, federal districts and counties: Version 1.1.0: territories, former county codes and special keys
Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county: First release
Social Security disability hearing waits and workloads by hearing office: First release: 159 hearing offices, wait times for cases closed in August 2026 and fiscal-year-2026 workloads through August 28, 2026.
Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center): Federal civil filings by county first published
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Source links updated for Kansas, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota and New Hampshire.
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Tennessee malpractice contingency fee cap added: one-third.
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Alabama workers' comp fee cap added: 15%.
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Arkansas workers' comp fee added: 25% of indemnity benefits, Commission-approved.
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Mississippi workers' comp fee cap added: 25%.
Attorney fee caps and contingency-fee rules, by state and federal program: Utah workers' comp: no set cap on the worker's own fee since 2016.
What US state bars charge, and require, to file or review lawyer advertising: Ad review volumes added
The US legal market in numbers: headline findings from Probative's open datasets:
The US legal market in numbers: headline findings from Probative's open datasets:
The US legal market in numbers: headline findings from Probative's open datasets:
US law firm websites: practices, Spanish, intake, by state, county and practice area: Version 2.0.0, read up to 2026-10-28: 61,694 law firms found in 51 of the 51 jurisdictions (6,540 with a website read, 55,154 from official registries only); aggregates CC BY 4.0, firm rows ODbL files.
Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data): First release: 8 records. National series from EOIR's workload statistics (data generated 2026-07-24): pending cases, new cases, completions, representation, asylum decisions and applications, pending cases of unaccompanied children. Pending proceedings by immigration court, state of address and nationality from the EOIR case data of n/a.
Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data): FOIA zip 2026-10-01: 3,037,977 pending proceedings
Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022: First release
Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics: First release: QCEW through 2026 Q1, CBP 2023, NES 2024, population vintage 2025
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): Now 1,264 records across 439 areas for May 2025.
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): Now 1,264 records across 439 areas for May 2025.
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): Now 97 records across 26 areas for May 2025.
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): Now 237 records across 119 areas for May 2025.
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): Now 237 records across 119 areas for May 2025.
Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS): First release: 238 records for May 2025 across 119 areas.
Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey: First release
Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES): First release: 1,679 monthly values for 17 BLS series, 2017 to September 2026.
Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage: First release
Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage: Secondary cells from court opinions
Nursing home fines and harm citations by county: CMS penalties, actual-harm, immediate-jeopardy and abuse citations: Nursing home fines and citations first published
Attorneys registered with the New York courts, by county, status and year of admission (NYS Office of Court Administration): New York attorney counts by county first published
Referral-fee and fee-splitting rules for lawyers, by state: Arkansas and New Mexico withdrawn to U
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Rules library 1.3.0: every rule re-read at the official source
State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports: Complaints and charges at state civil-rights agencies first published
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Wisconsin read from the state's official file (1095 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Indiana read from the state's official file (1664 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Maryland read from the state's official file (425 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Washington read from the state's official file (600 records).
State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports: Wage claims at state labor agencies first published
Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file): Truck and bus crashes by county first published
County and state unemployment: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual averages and latest month: BLS LAUS files re-read
VA disability compensation recipients by county and combined rating: VA disability compensation by county first published
Vehicle safety complaints by state, make and model year (NHTSA complaint file): Vehicle safety complaints by state, make and model year first published
Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor): Wage and OSHA enforcement by county first published
WARN Act layoff and closure notices by county: California and Texas: WARN notices by county first published
Workplace injuries and fatal work injuries by state and industry (BLS SOII and CFOI): 3512 records for 2024: 43 states with nonfatal injury rates, 51 with fatal work injury counts.
Workplace injuries and fatal work injuries by state and industry (BLS SOII and CFOI): 3512 records for 2024: 43 states with nonfatal injury rates, 51 with fatal work injury counts.
Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024: FARS 2024 annual report file file added: 36,297 fatal crashes and 39,254 deaths in 3,147 counties, 2019 to 2024.
What US state bars charge, and require, to file or review lawyer advertising: Days from filing to first use added
Referral-fee and fee-splitting rules for lawyers, by state: First release
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Rules library update: Kentucky and Maryland source links
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Texas FY2025 read from the OCA annual statistical report (1703 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Texas FY2025 read from the OCA annual statistical report (1703 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Texas FY2025 read from the OCA annual statistical report (1703 records).
State trial-court case filings by county, court level and case type: Texas, Washington, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin (more states to follow): Texas FY2025 read from the OCA annual statistical report (1703 records).
Workplace injuries and fatal work injuries by state and industry (BLS SOII and CFOI): 3914 records for 2024: 43 states with nonfatal injury rates, 51 with fatal work injury counts.
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Rules library update: entries changed from state sources

Week of 2026-10-19: 9 changes

2026-10-25T00:00:00Z

Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Colorado: solicitation-copy keeping period added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Connecticut: ad-copy keeping period added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Kansas: ad-copy keeping period added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Kentucky: ad-copy keeping rule added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Louisiana: ad-copy keeping period added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Mississippi: ad-copy keeping period added
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Nevada no longer has a 4-year ad-copy period
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Rhode Island does have an ad copy-filing rule
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Tennessee: ad-copy keeping period added

Week of 2026-10-05: 2 changes

2026-10-05T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Government documents and services: only governments and authorized providers named on a government website may advertise.
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Microsoft Financial Services and Government Services pages last updated.

Week of 2026-09-28: 2 changes

2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Missed business-hours calls where the caller stays on more than 20 seconds became charged leads.
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Business name may differ from the destination domain in limited verified cases.

Week of 2026-09-21: 1 change

2026-09-22T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: List of self-regulatory advertising codes expanded (Argentina, Australia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, South Africa).

Week of 2026-09-07: 1 change

2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: OpenAI ad policies updated (legal services: licensed in the jurisdiction shown, case-by-case approval).

Week of 2026-08-31: 1 change

2026-09T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Search campaigns lose the campaign language setting;

Week of 2026-08-10: 1 change

2026-08-11T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: YouTube and Discover Feed ad requirements rewritten for readability;

Week of 2026-07-27: 4 changes

2026-08T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Limited ad serving policy extended to all Google Ads;
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: First Local Services accounts (home services) migrated to Performance Max with pay-per-lead goals;
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Government Services and Products policy updated for third-party government services;
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Local Services platform policies renamed 'Local Services Ads requirements' and aligned with the single badge.

Week of 2026-07-20: 1 change

2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: In-account appeals closed for policy decisions more than 6 months old.

Week of 2026-06-29: 2 changes

2026-07T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Destination mismatch: redirects to a different domain allowed in some cases with prior approval.
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Advertisers may add AI labels inside image and video ads;

Week of 2026-06-15: 1 change

2026-06-15T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Google Ads API stopped accepting new adopters of offline conversion imports (including enhanced conversions for leads);

Week of 2026-06-08: 1 change

2026-06-12T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Limited ad serving extended to Google Search;

Week of 2026-06-01: 2 changes

2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Google clarified that Demand Gen and Discovery campaigns use advertiser-curated audiences by default and may not serve in sensitive categories.
Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): New York amends its advertising rules

Week of 2026-05-18: 1 change

2026-05-21T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Meta's Special Ad Categories developer page last updated (still gives January 14, 2025 for the financial category).

Week of 2026-05-04: 1 change

2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: OpenAI opened a beta self-serve Ads Manager and added cost-per-click bidding;

Week of 2026-04-20: 1 change

2026-04-22T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Microsoft Legal Services policy page last updated.

Week of 2026-03-30: 1 change

2026-03-31T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Editorial, Financial products and services, Healthcare and medicines, and Other restricted businesses pages rewritten for readability;

Week of 2026-03-16: 1 change

2026-03-17T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Form ad, image quality, responsive ad and text ad requirement policies discontinued as obsolete.

Week of 2026-02-09: 1 change

2026-02-09T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: ChatGPT ad testing started in the United States.

Week of 2026-01-05: 1 change

2026-01-07T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Personalized advertising policy reorganized;

Week of 2025-12-29: 1 change

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC): Alabama rewrites its advertising rules

Week of 2025-12-08: 2 changes

2025-12-12T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Custom segments made more widely available for Display campaigns.
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Phone numbers tied to fraud or a history of policy violations became unacceptable in call ads and assets.

Week of 2025-12-01: 1 change

2025-12-07T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Last date for Google Guarantee money-back requests on services booked through Local Services;

Week of 2025-11-17: 1 change

2025-11-18T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: LinkedIn Advertising Policies last revised.

Week of 2025-11-03: 2 changes

2025-11-04T00:00:00Z

Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Circumventing systems: submitting false information in advertiser verification leads to suspension (clarification).
Legal ad-platform policy tracker: Meta Business Tools Terms (pixel, Conversions API) current version took effect;