---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-139051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAB"
cik: "0001162194"
company_name: "STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T00:04:52.204675+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Standard BioTools to pay $890,000 to settle attorneys' fees in stockholder disclosure lawsuit

## Summary
- Standard BioTools will pay $890,000 to plaintiffs' counsel to resolve mootness fee application in class action over proxy disclosures.
- Settlement does not constitute admission of wrongdoing; SomaLogic denies all allegations.
- Delaware Court entered order requiring notice via 8-K; court did not pass judgment on reasonableness of payment.
- Lawsuit filed Dec 2023 alleged false/misleading proxy in SomaLogic merger; supplemental disclosures mooted claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-139051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAB
- cik: 0001162194
- company_name: STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1162194/000095017024139051/0000950170-24-139051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1162194/000095017024139051/lab-20241219.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-139051.txt

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