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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
From time to time, in the ordinary course of business as well as in connection with our recent GEC Chapter 11 cases, we are involved in litigation pertaining to, among other things, contractual rights under vendor, insurance or other contracts; intellectual property or patent rights; equipment, service, payment or other disputes with clients; or disputes with employees. Some of these actions may be brought as a purported class action on behalf of a purported class of customers, employees, or others.
On October 1, 2024, one of the Ecommerce Debtors filed a complaint against Trilogy Leasing Co., LLC (“Trilogy”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking to recharacterize certain Equipment Supplements to which they are parties as disguised financings ("Recharacterization Proceeding"). On October 8, 2024, we filed a motion to intervene in support of the Ecommerce Debtors' position, which the court granted on April 1, 2025. The case is now proceeding.
On November 7, 2024, Trilogy and its parent company Kingsbridge Holdings, LLC brought suit against us in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, alleging that we are liable for certain Equipment Supplements that were executed by the Ecommerce Debtors and by Pitney Bowes Presort Services, LLC. On December 16, 2024, we removed the litigation to the Northern District of Illinois based on diversity jurisdiction and subsequently filed a motion to dismiss, and to the extent not dismissed, stay the action pending the conclusion of the Recharacterization Proceeding. On July 15, 2025, the Northern District of Illinois court granted, in part, and denied, in part, the relief sought.
In addition, on May 9, 2025, Mitsubishi (the assignee of certain Equipment Supplements by Trilogy and/or Kingsbridge Holdings, LLC) brought an action in Superior Court of the State of Delaware, raising claims that are a subset of the claims in the Illinois Action. We have filed a motion to dismiss, and to the extent not dismissed, stay that action pending the conclusion of the Recharacterization Proceeding.
Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, any actions could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows; however, in management's opinion, the final outcome of outstanding matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.