diff --git a/src/routes/settings.import.tsx b/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
index 45cac22..627bf6d 100644
--- a/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ interface ImportCtx {
   clientByName: Map<string, string>;
   caseByNumber: Map<string, string>;
   caseByTitle: Map<string, string>;
+  // Composite key "client_name||case_title" (both lowercased/trimmed) → case uuid
+  caseByClientAndTitle: Map<string, string>;
   userByName: Map<string, string>;
   userByEmail: Map<string, string>;
   // Set of case ids considered "active" (not closed, not archived)
@@ -663,7 +665,8 @@ const IMPORTERS: ImporterConfig[] = [
   {
     key: "status_updates",
     label: "Status updates → Status",
-    description: "Case status reports.",
+    description:
+      "Case status reports. Match cases by title + client name (recommended), or by case number / external id.",
     table: "status_updates",
     conflict: "external_id",
     required: ["title", "body", "case_id"],
@@ -673,14 +676,18 @@ const IMPORTERS: ImporterConfig[] = [
       body: "body", content: "body", notes: "body", description: "body",
       caseid: "_caseext", matterid: "_caseext", casenumber: "_casenum",
       casename: "_casename", casetitle: "_casename", matter: "_casename", mattername: "_casename",
+      clientname: "_clientname", client: "_clientname", hoa: "_clientname", association: "_clientname",
     },
     transform: (r, ctx) => {
+      const titleKey = r._casename ? String(r._casename).toLowerCase().trim() : "";
+      const clientKey = r._clientname ? String(r._clientname).toLowerCase().trim() : "";
       r.case_id =
         (r._caseext && ctx.caseByExt.get(String(r._caseext))) ||
+        (titleKey && clientKey && ctx.caseByClientAndTitle.get(`${clientKey}||${titleKey}`)) ||
         (r._casenum && ctx.caseByNumber.get(String(r._casenum))) ||
-        (r._casename && ctx.caseByTitle.get(String(r._casename).toLowerCase().trim())) ||
+        (titleKey && ctx.caseByTitle.get(titleKey)) ||
         null;
-      delete r._caseext; delete r._casenum; delete r._casename;
+      delete r._caseext; delete r._casenum; delete r._casename; delete r._clientname;
       if (!r.case_id || !r.body) return null;
       return r;
     },
@@ -722,6 +729,7 @@ function ImportPage() {
     clientByName: new Map(),
     caseByNumber: new Map(),
     caseByTitle: new Map(),
+    caseByClientAndTitle: new Map(),
     userByName: new Map(),
     userByEmail: new Map(),
     activeCaseIds: new Set(),
@@ -798,16 +806,27 @@ function ImportPage() {
     ctx.caseByExt.clear();
     ctx.caseByNumber.clear();
     ctx.caseByTitle.clear();
+    ctx.caseByClientAndTitle.clear();
     ctx.activeCaseIds.clear();
-    const cases = await fetchAllPaginated<{ id: string; case_number: string | null; title: string | null; external_id: string | null; status: string | null; archived_at: string | null }>(
+    const cases = await fetchAllPaginated<{ id: string; case_number: string | null; title: string | null; external_id: string | null; status: string | null; archived_at: string | null; client_id: string | null }>(
       "cases",
-      "id, case_number, title, external_id, status, archived_at",
+      "id, case_number, title, external_id, status, archived_at, client_id",
     );
+    // Build id → client_name lookup from already-loaded clients
+    const clientNameById = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const [name, id] of ctx.clientByName.entries()) clientNameById.set(id, name);
     const CLOSED_STATUSES = new Set(["closed", "closed_won", "closed_lost"]);
     for (const r of cases) {
       if (r.external_id) ctx.caseByExt.set(r.external_id, r.id);
       if (r.case_number) ctx.caseByNumber.set(r.case_number, r.id);
-      if (r.title) ctx.caseByTitle.set(r.title.toLowerCase().trim(), r.id);
+      if (r.title) {
+        const titleKey = r.title.toLowerCase().trim();
+        ctx.caseByTitle.set(titleKey, r.id);
+        if (r.client_id) {
+          const cname = clientNameById.get(r.client_id);
+          if (cname) ctx.caseByClientAndTitle.set(`${cname}||${titleKey}`, r.id);
+        }
+      }
       if (!r.archived_at && !CLOSED_STATUSES.has(String(r.status ?? "").toLowerCase())) {
         ctx.activeCaseIds.add(r.id);
       }
@@ -819,7 +838,7 @@ function ImportPage() {
       if (p.full_name) ctx.userByName.set(p.full_name.toLowerCase().trim(), p.id);
       if (p.email) ctx.userByEmail.set(p.email.toLowerCase().trim(), p.id);
     }
-    console.info(`[import] lookups loaded: clients=${ctx.clientByExt.size}/${ctx.clientByName.size} cases=${ctx.caseByExt.size}/${ctx.caseByNumber.size}/${ctx.caseByTitle.size} users=${ctx.userByName.size}`);
+    console.info(`[import] lookups loaded: clients=${ctx.clientByExt.size}/${ctx.clientByName.size} cases=${ctx.caseByExt.size}/${ctx.caseByNumber.size}/${ctx.caseByTitle.size}/${ctx.caseByClientAndTitle.size} users=${ctx.userByName.size}`);
   };
 
   const handleFile = async (cfg: ImporterConfig, source: File | string) => {