Mass-Tort Defendant Scan
Find public companies disclosing exposure to a product, drug, or risk in their SEC 10-Ks.
The problem
Mass-tort and class-action work depends on knowing which defendants have deep enough pockets to be worth pursuing. SEC 10-K risk factors are the most honest disclosure of a company's known exposures — but reading 200 10-Ks to find the 8 that mention the same product is a junior-associate week.
The outcome
Name a product, drug, or risk. Claude scans recent 10-Ks for companies disclosing exposure, ranks by stated dollar amounts, and produces a defendant-target list with source filing links.
Connectors you'll need
The prompt
Paste this into Claude (with Cohesive360 installed in your Claude → Settings → Connectors). Replace bracketed placeholders with your specifics.
Search SEC 10-K filings from the last 18 months for any company that mentions [PRODUCT / DRUG / RISK] in their risk-factor section. For each match:
1. Pull company name + CIK.
2. Quote the relevant paragraph from the 10-K.
3. If they disclosed a dollar amount, capture it.
4. Rank by exposure size (largest first).What Claude does
Step-by-step rundown of the work. Every write is drafted, not posted — you approve before anything lands in your systems.
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Search EDGAR full-text
Searches EDGAR's full-text endpoint for the target term across recent 10-K filings.
finance_edgar_search_filings - 2
Pull 10-K text
Per match, reads the 10-K and zooms into Risk Factors. Extracts the relevant paragraph.
finance_edgar_get_10k - 3
Extract exposure dollars
If the 10-K discloses a dollar amount, Claude pulls it. Hedged 'material adverse effect' language without dollar figures is flagged as 'undisclosed amount'.
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Compose the defendant table
Rows: company, CIK, exposure amount, 10-K excerpt, filing link. Sorted by exposure size descending.
Verify before approving
Claude is fast but not infallible. These are the spots most worth a second look before you hit approve.
- Verify exposure dollars against the source 10-K — Claude pulls the number but doesn't audit it.
- Some companies aggregate exposure across multiple products; the dollar may not be specific to your target.
Run this workflow in Claude
Two ways: copy the prompt and paste into Claude for a one-off run, or install as a permanent Claude Skill that activates automatically. Step-by-step instructions →
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