Daily Briefing

2:46 AM 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 deltas:** The 90-day U.S.–China…
**Today's principal deltas:** The 90-day U.S.–China tariff truce announced May 12 in Geneva continues to reshape the enforcement calendar, with USTR's interim implementation guidance still pending as of this morning; the Federal Circuit's en banc order in *Oregon Tool, Inc.
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LLM / Copyright
Today's material deltas across the LLM/Copyright…
Today's material deltas across the LLM/Copyright docket center on three developments: (1) the Ninth Circuit's closely-watched appeal in *Andersen v.
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Crypto Insolvency
**Today's deltas:** The FTX Distribution Trust's…
**Today's deltas:** The FTX Distribution Trust's Wave 1 convenience-class payout window opens this week with confirmed USD-denominated transfers reaching approximately 98 cents on the dollar for claims under $50,000, marking the first material cash return to retail creditors in a crypto-native Chapt
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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 active fronts: (1) the Southern District of Florida's imminent ruling on the receiver's motion to approve a supplemental distribution protocol in *SEC v.
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$1B+ Class Actions & Mass Arb
Today's principal deltas: the Ninth Circuit's…
Today's principal deltas: the Ninth Circuit's panel has set oral argument for June 3, 2026 in *Bartz v.
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Bankruptcy Creditor Rights
**Today's deltas:** The Third Circuit's anticipated…
**Today's deltas:** The Third Circuit's anticipated ruling on cramdown interest-rate methodology in a large middle-market case has moved to the front of creditor-rights practitioners' calendars; the Yellow Corporation (YRCW) liquidating trust filed its first substantive omnibus objection to approxim
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