Research history

Recent research updates

A workbook-driven changelog of significant research additions, verification work and data-quality corrections.

DocketBird and California Taban researchAugust 9, 2026

Research expansion

Added document-level DocketBird auditing, updated Burgess and Pennsylvania Taban dockets, and added California Superior Court cases C101 and C102 with qualified state-ruling records.

Related cases: 3:26-cv-00397 · 3:26-cv-00447 · 3:26-cv-00840 · 25SMCV00041 · 25SMCV05503

Tentative/indexed rulings and the potential $1,400 sanctions lead remain explicitly qualified; verified sanctions remain 0.

Update source — docketbird.com ↗
Older Davis / AAA / Saladino cases addedAugust 9, 2026

Historical research

Added C099, the January 2023 federal AAA/Davis/Starowicz/Thompson case, and C100, the original 2020 Saladino v. Tufano federal action, with a separate secondary-source layer for former-counsel commentary.

Related cases: 7:23-cv-00244 · 7:20-cv-09346 · 55177/2021 · 50710/2022 · 50058/2023 · 57677/2025

Former-counsel commentary is retained as secondary material and is not treated as a court finding without primary-source support.

Update source — daviscantor.com ↗
Eighth Lackawanna removal pair verifiedAugust 9, 2026

Pennsylvania research

Verified C032 → C074 as the eighth confirmed Lackawanna-to-federal removal pair and documented C074's consolidation into C061.

Related cases: 2026-00838 · 3:26-cv-00396 · 3:26-cv-01266

The original state pleading remains a research target, so the pre-consolidation complaints are not labelled identical.

Update source — dockets.justia.com ↗
Litigation chronology expandedAugust 9, 2026

Chronology

Expanded the dated chronology to include the Starowicz/arbitration/Davis sequence, the original Saladino default/post-judgment sequence, and the California/Taban multi-forum sequence.

Related cases: 55177/2021 · 50710/2022 · 50058/2023 · 57677/2025 · 7:23-cv-00244 · 7:20-cv-09346 · 25SMCV00041 · 25SMCV05503 · 3:26-cv-00447 · 3:26-cv-00840

Chronology records sequence, not causation or motive, unless a source expressly supports that conclusion.

Update source — govinfo.gov ↗
Canonical party aliases and stale research note cleanedAugust 9, 2026

Data quality

Merged Reddit Inc / Reddit, Inc. and Shopify (USA) Inc / Shopify (USA) Inc. into single canonical defendant identities, and marked stale C041/C044 disposition notes resolved.

Related cases: 2025-06513 · 3:24-cv-01114 · 3:25-cv-01495 · 3:24-cv-01117 · 3:25-cv-00316 · 3:25-cv-00975 · 3:25-cv-01227 · 3:26-cv-01019

This update fixes defendant-page count/URL collisions and removes stale contradictions where later source-backed final dispositions had already been found.