[tialaramex]

You have the correct instinct. Laches (not latches, it really is a different word) is about a specific cause so it only helps if you've got a reasonable case that the plaintiff should have noticed this cause ages ago. If the cause is new that's obviously not going to work.

[ADifferentKyle]

Thanks! That’s what I thought. It’s been a minute since law school and my in-house brain has been steadily leaking for some years.