Daily Briefing

4:42 PM ET · WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026
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MAY19
⚖️Sec 122 plaintiffs' reply brief
Burlap & Barrel v. U.S. · Fed Cir expedited stay appeal
MAY22
⚖️DOJ Sec 122 reply brief
Burlap & Barrel v. U.S. · Fed Cir briefing closes
MAY26
⚖️CBP CAPE refund progress report
CIT · Judge Eaton · IEEPA refund disbursement count
MAY27
💰Purdue plan tranche 1 ($500M)
S.D.N.Y. · first Sackler trust payment under reorg plan
MAY28
🪙BlockFills creditors' meeting (341)
Bankr. D. Del. · Ch. 11 first-creditor exam
JUN2
🕵️Goliath Ventures receiver report
M.D. Fla. · $328M Ponzi · 60-day status update
JUN7
⚖️DOJ IEEPA refund-order appeal deadline
CIT March 4 order · last day for notice of appeal
JUN11
🤖Thomson Reuters v. ROSS oral argument
3d Cir. · first appellate AI fair-use ruling on the docket
JUN15
📜Cook en banc petition deadline
4th Cir. · Ch. 13 trustee retention-fee dispute
JUN16
💰BCBS final claims distribution wave
N.D. Ala. · $2.67B antitrust · subscriber + provider classes
JUN18
🪙Genesis LOC distribution vote
S.D.N.Y. · creditor vote on $3.2B DCG claims plan
JUN23
💰Google mass-arb first AAA wave
Keller Postman · $218B advertiser-overcharge campaign opens
JUN30
🤖Disney v. Midjourney class-cert briefing
C.D. Cal. · image-model training data class certification
JUL8
🤖Concord v. Anthropic settlement notice
C.D. Cal. · music-publisher class notice issued
JUL12
🪙FTX final customer distribution
D. Del. · last customer-property payment wave
JUL15
📜Red River Talc oral argument
5th Cir. · J&J third Texas Two-Step appellate challenge
JUL20
💰Apple App Store mass-arb wave
AAA · developer-overcharge claims open · parallel Google track
JUL24
⚖️Sec 122 statutory sunset
19 U.S.C. §2132 · 10% global tariff expires by law
JUL28
🕵️Stanford receiver final distribution
N.D. Tex. · last $2B+ victim-fund payment
AUG5
💰Visa/Mastercard interchange final approval
E.D.N.Y. · ~$38B merchant antitrust settlement
AUG12
💰Meta advertiser mass-arb tranche 1
AAA · advertiser-waiver track · pro se filing wave
AUG18
💰Roundup MDL global resolution
N.D. Cal. · Bayer glyphosate ~$20B proposal
AUG25
🕵️Madoff residual disgorgement deadline
S.D.N.Y. · trustee tail-claim filing cutoff
AUG31
📜Serta Simmons trial-date watch
Bankr. S.D. Tex. · uptier-exchange trial resetting
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Tariffs / Trade
Today's principal delta is the formalization…
Today's principal delta is the formalization of the U.S.–China Geneva framework into a structured 90-day standstill: the U.S.
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LLM / Copyright
**Today's deltas:** The Ninth Circuit's closely-watched…
**Today's deltas:** The Ninth Circuit's closely-watched oral argument calendar for *Andersen v.
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Crypto Insolvency
Today's principal deltas in the crypto…
Today's principal deltas in the crypto insolvency docket: the FTX Reorganized Debtor trust distributed its second tranche of convenience-class payments overnight, with aggregate disbursements now confirmed above the $1.2 billion threshold for the first rolling window; the Celsius Network liquidating
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Ponzi / Fraud Recovery
**Today's deltas:** The Southern District of…
**Today's deltas:** The Southern District of Florida's FTX-adjacent fraud recovery docket produced a significant creditor distribution update overnight, while the SEC's Enforcement Division filed a new emergency asset-freeze motion in a multi-state Ponzi targeting retail cryptocurrency investors.
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$1B+ Class Actions & Mass Arb
**Today's principal deltas:** The BCBS antitrust…
**Today's principal deltas:** The BCBS antitrust settlement distribution machinery faces a renewed collateral challenge in the Northern District of Alabama following a disclosure dispute among class counsel over fee-allocation transparency; the Keller Postman Google Ads mass-arbitration campaign cro
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Bankruptcy Creditor Rights
Today's session surfaces three principal deltas…
Today's session surfaces three principal deltas for creditor-rights practitioners: (1) the **Yellow Corporation** (YRCW) Chapter 11 estate's plan solicitation timeline is under renewed pressure after Judge Craig T.
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