secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GEO GROUP INC (GEO)
CIK:        0000923796
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-182703
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ninth Circuit denies GEO rehearing; $37.6M judgment stands in detainee wage case
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- Ninth Circuit denied GEO's petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in two detainee minimum wage cases.
- Combined judgment includes $23.2M jury verdict plus ~$14.4M in fees, costs, and interest; post-judgment interest accruing.
- Six judges dissented from denial of en banc rehearing, issuing two dissenting opinions.
- GEO plans to seek a stay of mandate and petition U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari on preemption grounds.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312525182703/0001193125-25-182703-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312525182703/d949725d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-182703

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