About Watchdog
When something hurts you, finding out what you can do about it shouldn’t be this hard.
Every year, drugs, products, and companies harm millions of people who never find out they had options. The information is scattered across court dockets, law-firm ads, and settlement sites — none of it written for the person it actually happened to. Watchdog exists to fix that.
What we do
We track every major mass tort and class action in the country and maintain a plain-English page for each one: what the case alleges, where it stands, and who may qualify. When you check a claim, we screen your answers against that case’s current criteria and give you a straight answer.
If your situation may qualify and you want to pursue it, we introduce you to an independent law firm that handles that exact kind of case. If it doesn’t, we say so plainly — and can keep watching in case a matching case opens later.
What we’re not
Watchdog is not a law firm, and nothing on this site is legal advice. We don’t represent you, we don’t file claims, and checking a claim doesn’t create an attorney–client relationship. What we do is help you understand your situation and reach the people who can actually take it forward.
We’re also not a lead mill. We don’t sell your information, we don’t blast your phone number to call centers, and nobody contacts you unless you asked them to.
How we work
Four principles behind every answer.
Straight answers first
Our job is to tell you where you stand — including when the honest answer is “this probably isn't a case.” We'd rather lose a lead than mislead a person.
Plain English, always
Mass torts and class actions are confusing by design. Every case we track gets explained the way you'd explain it to a friend: what's alleged, where it stands, who it's for.
Your information is yours
What you tell us is used to check your claim and for nothing else. It's never sold, never used for marketing, and never shared with a law firm unless you ask us to make the introduction.
Matched by fit
When a case may qualify, we introduce you to a firm experienced in that specific litigation — because who reviews your case matters as much as whether it's reviewed.
How we make money
Free for you, paid by firms — and we’re upfront about it.
Checking a claim never costs you anything. When someone we introduce retains a law firm, that firm pays Watchdog for the introduction. That only works long-term if our screening is honest — firms want genuinely qualified claimants, and you want a straight answer. The incentives point the same direction, which is exactly how we like it.