Daily Briefing

4:32 PM ET · THURSDAY, MAY 21, 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 deltas:** The United States and…
**Today's deltas:** The United States and China have now completed the first full week of the Geneva-framework 90-day tariff truce, and early customs data confirm a measurable surge in trans-Pacific container bookings — but three fresh litigation flashpoints demand immediate attention from importers
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LLM / Copyright
Today's primary deltas: the Northern District…
Today's primary deltas: the Northern District of California's anticipated scheduling conference in *Bartz v.
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Crypto Insolvency
**Today's deltas:** The FTX Debtors' fourth…
**Today's deltas:** The FTX Debtors' fourth interim distribution window opened this week with confirmed wire transfers to approximately 98% of creditor accounts denominated below $50,000, while the estate's litigation trust simultaneously filed a $1.76 billion adversary proceeding against a cohort o
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Ponzi / Fraud Recovery
Today's principal deltas across the Ponzi…
Today's principal deltas across the Ponzi and cross-border fraud recovery landscape center on three developments: the Southern District of Florida's unsealing of a receiver's supplemental distribution motion in the **1 Global Capital** matter that signals a third-tranche payout to the approximately
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$1B+ Class Actions & Mass Arb
**Today's Deltas:** The Blue Cross Blue…
**Today's Deltas:** The Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement distribution infrastructure reached a new milestone as the claims administrator reported aggregate paid-out totals crossing the $1.7B threshold against the $2.67B fund ; the Keller Postman–Google advertiser mass-arbitration campaign surfaced
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Bankruptcy Creditor Rights
Today's creditor-rights landscape turns on three…
Today's creditor-rights landscape turns on three active fault lines: the Third Circuit's anticipated en banc posture on nonconsensual third-party releases following the Supreme Court's *Purdue Pharma* remand (now fully briefed on remand before Judge Sean Lane, S.D.N.Y.); a fresh Fifth Circuit panel
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