Courts & Lawsuits

Courts & Lawsuits is a data page on the Companies desk of Glassbox Auditing. Every federal lawsuit, bankruptcy matter, appeal and ruling that names a tracked company, plus SEC actions naming the companies or their leaders, each with its record status. Litigation costs money and attention, and a wave of product, securities or employment cases can come before trouble shows in a company's numbers; a lawsuit is an allegation until a court rules.

Last updated: 5 Nov 2026.

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Settlement recorded: Mercedes-Benz Group — Kenan Abdullazade v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC · District Court, C.D. California (Federal courts, 5 Nov 2026) MBG.DE
Federal cases since 2016: Uber Technologies leads the 571 tracked organisations with 9,757 — 97,446 cases on file, 15,223 filed in the last 12 months · 157 organisations filing more than their usual pace · 215 new cases with a government agency as a party · Federal dockets only (CourtListener) · A case is an… (Federal courts, 5 Nov 2026)
Companies' own reports name the Securities and Exchange Commission in 69 legal-proceeding sentences, the most of any regulator — 54 companies name it · 137 company-regulator pairs across 115 companies · Latest annual and quarterly reports, quoted from Legal Proceedings · A case is an allegation until a court rules (SEC filings, 5 Nov 2026)
Government case filed: ConocoPhillips — Conocophillips Company v. United States · United States Court of Federal Claims (Federal courts, 4 Nov 2026) COP
1,590 new cases naming tracked companies in October 2026, -8% on September — 1,730 in September 2026 (Federal courts, 30 Oct 2026)
0 new class actions in October 2026, -100% on September — 3 in September 2026 (Federal courts, 30 Oct 2026)
8 new government cases in October 2026, -70% on September — 27 in September 2026 (Federal courts, 30 Oct 2026)
19 SEC litigation releases in October 2026, -51% on September — 39 in September 2026 (SEC litigation releases, 30 Oct 2026)
Ruling: Citibank, N.A. v. Burke — Connecticut Appellate Court · Decided 27 Oct (Connecticut Appellate Court, 26 Oct 2026) C
Judgment entered: Wells Fargo — Sinkfield v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. · District Court, D. Minnesota (Federal courts, 25 Oct 2026) WFC
Judgment entered: Microsoft — Jones v. Microsoft Corporation · District Court, W.D. Arkansas (Federal courts, 25 Oct 2026) MSFT
Settlement recorded: Bank of America — Zullo v. Bank of America, N.A. · District Court, W.D. North Carolina (Federal courts, 25 Oct 2026) BAC
Government case filed: Johnson Controls — Chaney v. Perdue Farms Inc. · District Court, D. South Carolina (Federal courts, 22 Oct 2026) JCI
Ruling: Hodge, Michael Brendan v. ALCOA, INC. and ARCONIC CORP. — Tennessee Court of Workers' Compensation Claims · Decided 22 Oct (Tennessee Court of Workers' Compensation Claims, 21 Oct 2026) AA
Government case filed: Arcosa, Inc. — Attorney General of the State of New Jersey v. CRH plc · District Court, D. New Jersey (Federal courts, 19 Oct 2026) ACA
Settlement recorded: Citigroup — Fox v. Citibank NA · District Court, D. Maine (Federal courts, 19 Oct 2026) C
Government case filed: Delta Electronics — Delta Electronics, Inc. v. United States · United States Court of International Trade (Federal courts, 18 Oct 2026) 2308.TW
Settlement recorded: Snowflake — Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York Variable A, et al. v. Snowflake Inc., et al. · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Federal courts, 18 Oct 2026) SNOW
Ruling: General Motors v. Nebraska Motor Vehicle Ind. Lic. Bd. — Nebraska Supreme Court · Decided 16 Oct (Nebraska Supreme Court, 15 Oct 2026) GM
Government case filed: Amazon — Amazon.com Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Federal courts, 14 Oct 2026) AMZN

Where does the data come from?

Items on this page come from Federal courts; SEC filings; SEC litigation releases; Connecticut Appellate Court; Tennessee Court of Workers' Compensation Claims; Nebraska Supreme Court; Supreme Court of Delaware; Appellate Court of Illinois. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.

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Stock by Stock (Markets): A large judgment, an SEC charge or a shareholder class action becoming public tends to move the company's shares the same day. (moves the other way; same day; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Dividend Health (Companies): Settlements and judgments are paid in cash, and large legal reserves reduce the free cash flow a dividend is paid from. (moves the other way; quarters; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts (10-Q/10-K).
Law Firms (Companies): Every docket here lists the counsel on it, so more cases for a company bring more firms and attorneys onto its record. (moves the same way; same day; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Signals (Briefing): New filings, rulings and SEC actions are evidence the signal engine counts; a lawsuit stays an allegation until a court rules. (moves the same way; days; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Lawmaking (Domestic Intelligence): Waves of litigation over the same practice (privacy, opioids, product safety) often draw bills and rules aimed at it, which then apply to every company in the industry. (moves the same way; years; economy scale) Source: Congress.gov API (bills, actions, committee meetings).
Profiles (People & Money): SEC actions name executives and directors as well as companies, and those names link to their People & Money profiles. (moves the same way; same day; company scale) Source: SEC litigation releases.
Bond Issuance (Companies): Bankruptcy filings and large judgments raise what lenders demand from a company, which tends to slow or stop its bond sales. (moves the other way; months; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR filings (10-Q/10-K text).
Mergers & Acquisitions (Companies): The FTC and Justice Department sue in federal court to block mergers under the Clayton Act, and a challenged deal is often delayed, changed or dropped, as Kroger and Albertsons ended theirs in 2024 after a judge blocked it. (moves the other way; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.

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AI Law & Enforcement (AI): Regulators' AI matters often run beside private suits over the same conduct (training data and copyright, automated hiring tools); these are allegations until ruled on. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Watchlist & Alerts (Briefing): A new-lawsuit or judgment alert points to the case record; a suit is an allegation until a court rules, and a ruling or settlement can bring costs a company must disclose. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Leadership (Companies): Shareholder suits routinely name the chief executive and finance chief with the company, and executives' trades before a stock drop are often cited in those complaints, which remain allegations until ruled on. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Products & Share (Companies): A leading share invites antitrust suits from the government and rivals, as in the Justice Department's search and ad-tech cases against Google; higher share in a market raises that exposure. (moves the same way; years; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Competitors (Companies): Rivals sue each other over patents, contracts and antitrust, so named competitors are often the other party on a company's docket. (moves the same way; years; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Law Firms (Companies): A plaintiffs' firm known for securities or product class actions appearing on several companies' dockets tends to mark a wave of the same kind of suit. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Regulatory Exposure (Companies): Regulators' AI enforcement matters (FTC, SEC, state attorneys general) end in orders, fines or suits, so a company that resembles past matters carries more of that legal exposure. (moves the same way; years; company scale) Source: Regulators' own announcements: FTC, SEC, Justice Department, EEOC, state attorneys general, European data-protection authorities (each matter links its own).
Company History (Companies): Past Justice Department actions and settlements on the timeline are the record later regulators weigh, and repeat matters tend to bring larger penalties. (moves the same way; years; company scale) Source: Official press releases (Federal Reserve, SEC, FTC, Justice Department, FDA and BEA feeds; BLS release calendar).
Mergers & Acquisitions (Companies): Large mergers draw antitrust reviews and shareholder suits, which appear as dockets naming the parties. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR filings (10-Q/10-K text).
Auto & Energy (Companies): Large recalls tend to be followed by product-liability and class-action suits over the same defect, and NHTSA can fine a carmaker for a late recall. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: NHTSA vehicle recalls (flat file).
Service Outages (Companies): Major outages draw customer and shareholder suits, such as Delta's against CrowdStrike over the July 2024 outage; service contracts set what is owed. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Universities (Education): Universities license and enforce patents against companies (Caltech against Apple and Broadcom), so their court cases can reach company earnings; claims are allegations until ruled on. (either way, depending on the cause; years; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Companies & Research (Education): Patents are what companies license and sue over; a company with many grants holds more to assert and can face suits over others' patents. Claims are allegations until ruled on. (moves the same way; years; company scale) Source: USPTO Open Data Portal (granted patents by applicant).
News (Feed): SEC, FTC and Justice Department press releases announce charges and settlements against companies; the matters then appear on Courts & Lawsuits, as allegations until ruled on. (moves the same way; days; company scale) Source: Official press releases (Federal Reserve, SEC, FTC, Justice Department, FDA and BEA feeds; BLS release calendar).
Technology (Global Intelligence): Large data breaches through exploited software flaws are commonly followed by consumer class actions against the breached company; these are allegations until a court rules. (moves the same way; weeks to months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Market Behavior (Markets): The case library lists enforcement and court matters for the same trading patterns, each with its legal status; a matter naming a listed company also appears among its cases, as an allegation until ruled on. (either way, depending on the cause; as filed; company scale) Source: SEC litigation releases.
Company Options (Options): Option prices on a company tend to rise while a ruling or settlement with a large possible payment is pending, since the stock may jump either way; the claims are allegations until ruled on. (either way, depending on the cause; until the ruling; company scale) Source: Robinhood options market data (OPRA).
Profiles (People & Money): A lawsuit or SEC action naming an executive (an allegation until ruled on) can reach the company through indemnification and legal costs, board reviews and disclosure in its filings. (either way, depending on the cause; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Relationship Graph (People & Money): A lawsuit against one node, an allegation until ruled on, can widen to co-defendants, to the law firms and insurers tied to it, and to partners whose contracts it touches. (either way, depending on the cause; months; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.
Epstein Records (People & Money): Released records have been cited in civil suits against institutions that served Epstein; JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank settled victims' class actions in 2023 without admitting liability, and suits are allegations until ruled on. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Epstein Library (DOJ disclosures).
Documentary Watch (People & Money): The settlements, fines and lawsuits a documentary names can be checked against court dockets and SEC releases, where a company's legal exposure is recorded; open cases are allegations until ruled on. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; company scale) Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), RECAP federal dockets and opinions.

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