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Gina Bartone sues Meta for alleged unfair competition in marketing Meta AI glasses in deceptive way

Meta just got sued in a proposed class action filed by Gina Bartone for various state law claims. The gravamen of the complaint is that Meta touted the privacy protection for its Meta AI Glasses, but it was misleading because Meta allegedly ends up using content from the Glasses for AI data collection.
Read more: Gina Bartone sues Meta for alleged unfair competition in marketing Meta AI glasses in deceptive way
Google sued for Gemini’s alleged role in wrongful death of Jonathan Gavalas. Suit alleges claims in design defect, failure to warn, negligence

Google is facing another tort lawsuit, this time for Google Gemini’s alleged role in causing the suicide of Jonathan Gavalas, who committed suicide. Google earlier settled tort lawsuits related to its program called Character AI. This might be the first wrongful death lawsuit related to Gemini. Exerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT
Read more: Google sued for Gemini’s alleged role in wrongful death of Jonathan Gavalas. Suit alleges claims in design defect, failure to warn, negligence
Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 87 (Mar. 5, 2026)

The cases against AI companies continue to grow. Two new cases were added to the Map of Copyright Suits: Some recent cases have now been assigned judges: DOWNLOAD THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 87 (Mar. 5, 2026)
Perplexity argues Feist and bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted requires dismissal of The New York Times’ copyright suit

This past week, Perplexity AI filed a reply to support its motion to dismiss the complaint of the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Perplexity relies on the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Feist, which recognized the bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted by anyone. Excerpt: My Take on the use of facts…
Read more: Perplexity argues Feist and bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted requires dismissal of The New York Times’ copyright suit
Judge Oetken grants extension to discovery in Lerhman v. Lovo

ORDER granting 60 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery: Granted. The parties’ joint request for an extension of time to complete discovery is granted. The Court adopts the parties’ discovery schedule as follows: (a) the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is extended to May 5, 2026; (b) the deadline…
Read more: Judge Oetken grants extension to discovery in Lerhman v. Lovo
Magistrate Judge Ona Wang is reassigned discovery issues from Magistrate Judge Netburn in Advance Local Media v. Cohere

Magistrate Judge Ona Wang, who is assigned to the OpenAI MDL Litigation, has now also been assigned to Advance Local Media v. Cohere. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn had been originally assigned the latter case.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Ona Wang is reassigned discovery issues from Magistrate Judge Netburn in Advance Local Media v. Cohere
UMG Recordings an Suno seek 3 month extension to schedule. Would delay summary judgment briefing until Nov. 2026.

Wow, UMG Recordings and Suno are asking for another extension to the scheduling order. This is the fourth extension to the scheduling order sought by the parties; the prior 3 the court granted. This would delay the schedule by about 3 months. Summary judgment motions would likely be filed in November instead of August 2026.…
Read more: UMG Recordings an Suno seek 3 month extension to schedule. Would delay summary judgment briefing until Nov. 2026.
Google removes lawsuit of David L. Greene, former NPR host of “Morning Edition.” Case alleged state claims for voice appropriation to train Google’s NotebookLM. Lawsuit No. 87 v. AI companies.

Google has filed a notice of removal of the state law case of David L. Greene v. Google. It alleges various state law claims against Google for allegedly using recordings of Greene’s voice to train the model behind NotebookLM. Greene was the former host of NPR’s Morning Edition and current podcaster. The removal to federal…
Read more: Google removes lawsuit of David L. Greene, former NPR host of “Morning Edition.” Case alleged state claims for voice appropriation to train Google’s NotebookLM. Lawsuit No. 87 v. AI companies.
Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, Singapore

Well, it looks like companies based in China can be sued for alleged copyright infringement in the United States after all. Quinn Emanuel attorneys, representing Chinese companies Minimax, and Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology, and a Singaporean company Nanonoble Ptd., filed a Stipulation that proposes to treat the service of the complaint on Quinn Emanuel as…
Read more: Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, Singapore
Sam Altman announces amended agreement with Department of War as users make Claude No. 1 on App Store

The turmoil over OpenAI’s agreement with the Department of War after it rescinded the agreement with Anthropic continues unabated. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, took to X to announce OpenAI had beefed up the language for guardrails in the agreement with the DoW: Meanwhile, many people apparently terminated their accounts with OpenAI and Anthropic’s Claude…
Read more: Sam Altman announces amended agreement with Department of War as users make Claude No. 1 on App Store
Judge P. Casey Pitts gets reassigned John Carreyrou v. Anthropic copyright suit

Big news: Judge P. Casey Pitts was reassigned Carreyrou v. Anthropic, the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by book author John Carreyrou and other book authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. (Judge Trina Thompson, originally assigned the case, recused herself.) Judge Pitts sits in San Jose. He was appointed to the bench…
Read more: Judge P. Casey Pitts gets reassigned John Carreyrou v. Anthropic copyright suit
Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.

Runway AI just got sued in its 4th copyright lawsuit filed against it. Three of them allege DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to YouTube videos Runway AI allegedly used to train its AI models. All three were filed in the past month: Businessing v. Runway AI, Ace Cam v. Runway AI, and Gardner v. Runway AI.…
Read more: Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.
Supreme Court denies cert in Thaler v. Perlmutter. Declines to hear 1st AI-related case.

The Supreme Court announced it denied the cert petition in its first AI-related case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. The Court granted no certs from its Friday conference. It presents the question: “Whether works outputted by an AI system without adirect, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted.” A bit of a surprise to…
Read more: Supreme Court denies cert in Thaler v. Perlmutter. Declines to hear 1st AI-related case.
Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.

The Trial of the Century is set to begin in Musk v. Altman on April 27, 2026. The parties have been filing their pre-trial papers that we will preview this month. First up is the interesting skirmish between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over Altman’s three experts who are prominent law professors in the area…
Read more: Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.
OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank

OpenAI announced a $110 billion round in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank. OpenAI is spending a fortune so it needs to continue to raise funds.
Read more: OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Mar. 5, 2026. Current total = 87 suits in U.S. (6 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 25, 2026. Current total = 112 copyright suits.

Infographic of AI companies sued

In need of updating TBA

Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

The Shadow Library Strategy

Master Chart of Claims in Cases

Last updated Dec. 3, 2025

Tort Lawsuit Case Tracker

List of AI bills before Congress

Opinion: How courts should analyze authorship with AI

US Copyright Office registers copyright of AI-generated image

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