Defense litigators are going on the offensive, suing multiple plaintiffs firms and targeting the veracity of plaintiffs' claims.

Typically, defense attorneys seek sanctions against plaintiffs litigators for bad behavior in court, such as filing a case not supported by the law. Yet since the start of 2024, at least five civil litigation or tort defendants, represented by Am Law 100 firms such as Steptoe, Jenner & Block and Jones Day, along with such smaller players as Cipriani & Werner and the Willis Law Group, have made a point to file independent claims against the plaintiffs firms suing them.