National demand letter database
Public court records show filed lawsuits. They do not automatically capture the demand letters and private claims that precede—or never become—those lawsuits. Businesses are left unable to see a claimant’s or law firm’s full history of demands. That lack of visibility can allow repeated deception, abusive demands, and fraud to go undetected and unchallenged.
Planned legislation
NCLI plans to propose legislation requiring all claims and demand letters to be filed with the courts and included in searchable court databases, with privacy safeguards and a process to request attorney-only access to sensitive material. See NCLI's full tort reform agenda →
Until then, NCLI’s planned Database aims to help close that gap by connecting legally shareable records and revealing patterns across businesses, industries, law firms, and states.
A demand letter arrives. Someone claims they were hurt at your business. You believe the injury is exaggerated—or the incident never happened as described. You begin asking: What happened? What evidence do we have? What will this cost?
Defending yourself could cost more than paying to make it go away. But there’s another question worth asking:
Has this claimant made the same allegation elsewhere?
Has this firm sent hundreds of similar demands?
Do the same witnesses, medical providers, or financial backers keep appearing?
With AI-assisted analysis and qualified human review, the Database would help connect those experiences and uncover patterns no individual business could see alone.
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Repeated claims across businesses and states that warrant examination for a pattern of abuse.
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Firms sending nearly identical demands involving injuries, accessibility, websites, privacy, or other alleged violations.
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The same photographs, invoices, injury stories, or contradictory accounts appearing in separate claims.
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Recurring connections among claimants, witnesses, recruiters, attorneys, and medical providers that could help expose staged incidents, coached accounts, or fabricated treatment.
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Patterns of pursuing claims after receiving records that undermine the allegations.
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Similar allegations across legally available bar complaints, alongside disciplinary findings and documented outcomes.
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Demand letters and lawsuits that may reveal a strategy of draining smaller rivals’ resources or forcing them out of business.
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Documented links to litigation funders, private-equity investors, management companies, or medical providers that help explain who stands to benefit.
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Similar demands moving from one business, city, or state to another.
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Patterns of delayed payments, inadequate offers, or settlements driven by defense costs despite evidence challenging a claim.
The Database could help members recognize emerging demand campaigns, understand outcomes in comparable claims, and identify genuine hazards before someone else is hurt.
It could also help answer larger questions:
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Are relatively few claimants and firms responsible for a disproportionate share of questionable claims?
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What is driving rising costs?
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Where are businesses being hit hardest?
Those findings could give NCLI’s reform proposals a stronger foundation in evidence.
A repeated name or shared business relationship does not prove wrongdoing. Our approach would distinguish allegations from verified facts and suspicious patterns from substantiated misconduct.
The planned Database would include qualified human review, privacy protections, controlled access, and a process for correcting inaccurate information. Only material that can lawfully be shared would be accepted.
Join NCLI for free to follow the Database’s development. Your financial support can help fund the technology, research, and legal review needed to move it forward.
Database access and document intake are not available yet. Please don’t send demand letters, lawsuit documents, or other case files to NCLI.
