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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

23. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

With respect to the DIRTT’s lawsuit against Falkbuilt Ltd. (“Falkbuilt”), Messrs. Smed and Loberg, and their associates, in Utah, on February 5, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Utah (the “Utah Court”) granted Falkbuilt’s motion to dismiss the case, on the basis of forum non conveniens. In simple terms, the Utah Court decided that it would not hear DIRTT’s claim in Utah because Canada was more appropriate, and Canadian law applies to most of DIRTT’s claims. Further the Utah Court found that DIRTT’s Canadian company, DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd., owns the trade secrets that were the subject matter of the Utah claim, so whether the theft of those trade secrets occurred in Canada or abroad, they would result in injury to DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. and should be pursued in Canada. The Utah Court, in essence, redirected the determination of those damages from Utah to Canada, being the appropriate forum for the legal dispute. On March 4, 2025, DIRTT filed a motion for reconsideration pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 60(b). The reconsideration requests relief from the Utah Court’s February 5, 2025, Memorandum Decision and Order granting the Defendant’s motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens. The briefing is complete as of April 15, 2025, and the parties are awaiting a decision.

In November 2024, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench scheduled an 8-week trial commencing February 2, 2026, and running until March 27, 2026 for DIRTT’s action against Falkbuilt, Messrs. Smed and Loberg and several other former DIRTT employees alleging breaches of restrictive covenants, fiduciary duties, employment duties and confidentiality. DIRTT is pursuing damages and losses it suffered in Canada, the United States, and abroad in the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. The Court of King’s Bench will determine whether Falkbuilt, Messrs. Smed and Loberg and others wrongfully caused DIRTT to suffer damages, which could exceed $50,000,000.

In 2019, Falkbuilt filed a lawsuit against DIRTT in the Court of Queen’s bench in Alberta (as it was then), alleging that DIRTT had misappropriated and misused their alleged proprietary information in furtherance of DIRTT’s product development. In June 2025, Falkbuilt requested discontinuance on a without costs basis on account of the delay. DIRTT has accepted this offer and the discontinuance of claim was filed in the Court of King's Bench of Alberta on July 17, 2025.

No amounts are accrued for the above legal proceedings.