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Judge Breyer grants Mosaic ML’s partial motion to dismiss copyright claims based on bare allegation that Databricks used shadow libraries with pirated books
Read more: Judge Breyer grants Mosaic ML’s partial motion to dismiss copyright claims based on bare allegation that Databricks used shadow libraries with pirated booksJudge Breyer just granted Mosaic ML’s partial motion to dismiss the newly added copryight claim in the First Amended Complaint against Databricks based on its DBRX large language models. And the Judge did so without further leave to amend. Judge Breyer held that the plaintiffs’ general allegation that, upon information and belief, Databricks used pirated…
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Judge Oetken grants extension to discovery
Read more: Judge Oetken grants extension to discoveryIn Lehrman v. Lovo, the case involving the voice actors, Judge Oetken allowed an extension to the deadlines for discovery: Per the parties’ request at ECF No. 50, the new discovery deadlines are as follows: (1) the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is January 20, 2026; (2) the deadline for completion of…
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Desperate to avoid “doomsday” statutory damages award, Anthropic battling to stave off waiving its attorney-client privilege regarding pirated books. Hearing set for Aug. 28, 8 am.
Read more: Desperate to avoid “doomsday” statutory damages award, Anthropic battling to stave off waiving its attorney-client privilege regarding pirated books. Hearing set for Aug. 28, 8 am.Things appear to going from bad to worse for Anthropic in the lawsuit filed by book authors Bartz. Judge Alsup just allowed Bartz to file more evidence to support its contention that Anthropic has impliedly waived its attorney-client privilege regarding legal advice given related to Anthropic’s use of pirated books from shadow libraries. Ominously, Judge…
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Suno files motion to dismiss part of Justice’s claims related to outputs
Read more: Suno files motion to dismiss part of Justice’s claims related to outputsSuno has filed a motion to dismiss part of country singer Anthony Justice’s complaint relating to alleged infringement in the outputs without identification of outputs of the plaintiff’s sound recordings. Related stories
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Amended scheduling order in In re Google Gen AI Litigation
Read more: Amended scheduling order in In re Google Gen AI LitigationJudge Lee approved the stipulated amended scheduling order, with a slight change to the last day to hear the summary judgment motions (Sept. 11, 2026). The change to the schedule came after Judge Lee rebuked especially the plaintiffs’ attorney for failing to conduct discovery in a timely manner on the class certification. This case won’t…
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Midjourney files Rule 7.1 statement, disclosing its insurers
Read more: Midjourney files Rule 7.1 statement, disclosing its insurersInteresting to see all the insurance companies listed on Midjourney’s disclosure statement for Rule 7.1 Midjourney has 5 different insurers! This made me wonder about other AI companies. Anthropic listed Google as a having a financial interest in the lawsuit filed by Bartz.
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Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI give status report on discovery, without immediate need for court intervention
Read more: Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI give status report on discovery, without immediate need for court interventionThe parties in Andersen v. Stability AI gave Magistrate Judge Cisneros a status report on production of datasets used to train AI models and responses to interrogatories. For the most part, discovery has proceeded along. The parties do not seek the court’s intervention, at least not yet. For the first filed copyright lawsuit against AI…
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Getty Images refiles lawsuit v. Stability AI in ND California. Adds copyright dilution to theory of harms.
Read more: Getty Images refiles lawsuit v. Stability AI in ND California. Adds copyright dilution to theory of harms.Getty Images sued Stability AI for copyright infringement on Feb. 3, 2023, where the case languished without much activity. Well, finally, Getty is moving forward with the case. But it’s doing so only by voluntarily dismissing the Delaware lawsuit refiling its complaint in the Northern District of California, which it did on August 14, 2025.…
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Stability AI defendants oppose Andersen’s attempt to reverse ruling barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential information
Read more: Stability AI defendants oppose Andersen’s attempt to reverse ruling barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential informationThe Stability AI defendants have filed their opposition to Sarah Andersen’s request to Judge Orrick to reverse Magistrate Judge Cisneros’s discovery ruling barring the plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Ben Zhao from accessing the confidential datasets and information of the defendant AI companies. Zhao is famous for developing various tools–including Nightshade–that “poison” images to “disrupt” the effectiveness…