January 20, 2026
A maker of software for insurance brokers has further escalated its dispute with rival Applied Systems Inc., lodging a new lawsuit in Illinois federal court over an alleged campaign to eliminate a competitor it was unable to acquire.
Ardent Labs Inc., which does business as Comulate, filed a new lawsuit Monday accusing Applied Systems of using its control over 80% of the market for enterprise-level insurance agency management systems to eliminate a competitor in a new, related market for automated insurance accounting software.
The suit alleges that Applied employed sham litigation, false allegations of intellectual property theft and threats of lost access to discourage customers from continuing to use Comulate’s products.
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Comulate is represented by Zachary Freeman and Brian Kerwin of Miller Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP, Rollo C. Baker, Silpa Maruri, Jared Ruocco and Brian Campbell of Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC, and Michael Eisenkraft and Nathaniel Regenold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC.
Read Comulate Alleges Anticompetitive Tactics by Applied Systems.