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Kadrey asks Judge Chhabria to certify for interlocutory appeal to 9th Circuit the Judge’s 2025 summary judgment re: Meta’s downloading from shadow libraries for the purpose of AI training

As they indicated at a recent hearing, the Kadrey plaintiffs are asking Judge Chhabria to certify a part of his June 2025 partial summary judgment order. At the hearing, Judge Chhabria said they can file a motion and he’d consider it, but cautioned that the 9th Circuit seldom grants interlocutory appeal. Kadrey presents the question…
Read more: Kadrey asks Judge Chhabria to certify for interlocutory appeal to 9th Circuit the Judge’s 2025 summary judgment re: Meta’s downloading from shadow libraries for the purpose of AI training
Judge Pitts puts an end to book author John Carreyrou’s attempt to sue the entire US AI industry. Judge severs 5 AI companies from case and keeps suit v. Anthropic alone.

In Carreyrou v. Anthropic, the once omnibus copyright lawsuit against 8 AI companies, Judge Pitts issued his written order, severing the suits against the defendants and dismissing all but the lawsuit against Anthropic, the first named defendant. The cases against Google, xAI, Perplexity AI, Apple and NVIDIA are dismissed. And it remains to be seen…
Read more: Judge Pitts puts an end to book author John Carreyrou’s attempt to sue the entire US AI industry. Judge severs 5 AI companies from case and keeps suit v. Anthropic alone.
Employees’ religious objection to using AI for work. Must employers accommodate under civil rights law?

Pope Leo XIV’s lengthy encyclical on AI sparked a larger public debate on AI regulation. But it also raised a fundamental question about what role religion and religious views should play in this debate — and in the use of AI generally. We are beginning to see employees invoking religious objection to the use of…
Read more: Employees’ religious objection to using AI for work. Must employers accommodate under civil rights law?
Uncharted Labs opposes Sony Music’s motion to file Second Amended Complaint increasing works from 333 to 30,000

As document discovery is about to close in Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs, the plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, primarily to increase the number of works allegedly infringed from 333 to 30,000. Not surprisingly, Uncharted Labs opposes their motion for leave. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD’S UNCHARTED LABS’ BRIEF Redlined…
Read more: Uncharted Labs opposes Sony Music’s motion to file Second Amended Complaint increasing works from 333 to 30,000
Elon Musk: human coding will be gone by end of 2026

All signs are pointing in the same direction: AI agents will replace human coding of computer programs. Elon Musk even predicts it will be over for human coding by the end of 2026. This prediction seems consistent with how rapidly Anthropic, the maker of Claude Code, is letting its AI write all the lines of…
Read more: Elon Musk: human coding will be gone by end of 2026
Kirkland & Ellis partner Erica Berthou demos firm’s AI engine for private equity. Is this the future of law practice? VIDEO

In the past 6 months, Legal AI, or the use of AI in law practice, has really accelerated. Kirkland & Ellis recently made waves in announcing it is investing $500 million to build its own proprietary AI platform. According to Reuters, the firm planned to “invest the funds over the next three to four years,…
Read more: Kirkland & Ellis partner Erica Berthou demos firm’s AI engine for private equity. Is this the future of law practice? VIDEO
Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.

Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
Read more: Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.
Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?

The Anthropic Institute’s Marina Favaro and Jack Clark have suggested the idea of the leading AI companies agreeing to pause their development of the state-of-the-art AI models that can improve themselves without human intervention, what they call “recursive self-improvement.” The idea of an AI industry pause isn’t new. The Future of Life Institute helped to…
Read more: Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?
American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINT

American Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is…
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AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.

How do you know AI is a disruptive technology? Well, it’s when in the same week President Trump and Senator Berne Sanders both propose that the U.S. government should take an ownership stake in U.S. AI companies. President Trump just floated the idea of doing something similar to the federal government’s recent 10% stake in…
Read more: AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.
Judge Noel Wise assigned Kwon v. Anthropic

Judge Noel Wise was assigned the book author lawsuit Kwon v. Anthropic. At the moment, it’s unclear whether Judge Wise will retain this lawsuit, given the several other book author and publisher’s suits against Anthopic.
Read more: Judge Noel Wise assigned Kwon v. Anthropic
Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”

Judge Gonzalez-Rogers, who presided over the Musk v. Altman trial, has another big case: Hendrix v. Apple. Notably, in her order this week, Judge Gonzalez-Rogers “further instructed to discuss and consider whether earlier summary judgment motions on the core issue of fair use are possible as part of the scheduling decision.” Apple already teed up…
Read more: Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”
Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works

Suno filed its opposition to UMG Recordings’ motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding 61,026 more works allegedly infringed as well as DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt:
Read more: Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works
Is Anthropic’s Boris Cherny just abandoning copyright for computer programs of Anthropic?

It’s been fascinating to listen to Claude Code head Boris Cherny over the past few months. In each new video, Cherny touts how much less coding he does because Claude Code just does it for him. Well, in the latest video, Cherny now even says he no longer writes the prompts to Claude Code for…
Read more: Is Anthropic’s Boris Cherny just abandoning copyright for computer programs of Anthropic?
Judge Gilliam Jr. sets case conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic on June 23

Notice is hereby given that a Case Management Conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic has been set via zoom for June 23, 2026, before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., at 2:00 p.m. All attorneys and pro se litigants appearing for the case management conference are required to join at least 15 minutes…
Read more: Judge Gilliam Jr. sets case conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic on June 23

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last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

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last updated May 23, 2026. Current total = 113 suits in U.S.

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last updated April 5, 2026. Current total = 130 copyright suits = 100 in U.S. + 30 in rest of world. (When updated, the current total = 143 = 113 in U.S. + 30 in rest of the world.)

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