Allstate is fighting back against Broadcom in court, and the accusation is blunt: the insurance giant says Broadcom launched audits against it out of retaliation for walking away from VMware and CA Technologies.
The allegations came in a June 12 filing related to a lawsuit VMware filed against Allstate in December 2025. Broadcom — which owns both VMware and CA — claims Allstate failed to comply with license audits. Allstate says that’s not the full story.
According to Allstate, after it told VMware in September 2025 that it had removed VMware from all devices and couldn’t run the audit scripts anymore, Broadcom “simultaneously and unreasonably initiated four separate audits.” Allstate says it complied substantially and in good faith, and that Broadcom’s claims are unfounded.
There’s a second lawsuit too. CA Technologies (now owned by Broadcom) sued Allstate for copyright infringement over Allstate selling a business unit that used Symantec products — without what CA says was proper notice.
Both cases have a May 17, 2027 deadline for dispositive motions. That means we won’t see a resolution anytime soon.
Allstate joins a growing list of enterprise-size companies that have publicly moved away from VMware and disputed Broadcom’s licensing practices in court. The company hasn’t said what virtualization tech it’s using now.
