One of the plaintiff's lawyers is a friend of mine. He's been working on this case for 4 years. They already settled against two companies for more than $100 million, and this judgment could be 5 billion. Probably not collectable, but he's heading for a chunk of change.

Pretty big plaintiffs' team, but he's still looking at 10s of millions of dollars in fees. Nice.

Now he had to risk 4 years for potentially nothing, but getting those settlements funds a much bigger fight and appetite for risk against the big target.

Finally, this case represented a class of sellers in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois, only. The next day they filed for a nationwide class.

Not to mention copycats.