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Judge Saylor grants amended Scheduling Order in Suno case. Dispositive motions due Aug. 14, 2026.
Read more: Judge Saylor grants amended Scheduling Order in Suno case. Dispositive motions due Aug. 14, 2026.Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV granted the Joint MOTION to Amend the Amended Scheduling Order in UMG Recordings v. Suno. Part of the lawsuit involving Warner Music has already settled. That leaves Sony Music and UMG Recordings. AMENDED ORDERED DEADLINES Fact Discovery (except for RFAs) andDepositions completed by 3/6/26. RFA’s by 3/20/26. Remaining Discovery disputes…
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Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation prompts
Read more: Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation promptsMagistrate Judge Susan van Keulen issued two major rulings on discovery in the Concord Music v. Anthropic case. On balance, this is a huge victory for Anthropic. (1) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei must sit for 2.5 hours of deposition, potentially via Zoom. (2) But Anthropic gets discovery related to the prompts used on Anthropic’s Claude,…
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U.S. News & World Report, California Newspapers agree to stay lawsuits v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Read more: U.S. News & World Report, California Newspapers agree to stay lawsuits v. OpenAI, MicrosoftIn response to Judge Stein’s order to show cause why their cases should not be stayed, both U.S. News & World Report and California Newspaper Partnership agreed to stay their lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI pending Judge Stein’s rulings on summary judgment in the MDL litigation.
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Perplexity hires Keker, Van Nest firm for Reddit lawsuit
Read more: Perplexity hires Keker, Van Nest firm for Reddit lawsuitPerplexity added lawyers from Keker, Van Nest to represent it in the Reddit lawsuit in the Southern District of New York: ” Defendant Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”) pursuant to Rule 1.4 of the Local Rules of the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, that Eric H. MacMichael, Sharif E. Jacob,…
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Judge Rochon sets Scheduling Order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI
Read more: Judge Rochon sets Scheduling Order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AIThe wheels of justice turn slowly. Judge Rochon set the scheduling order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI. Discovery won’t be completed until March 15, 2027! This Civil Case Management Plan (the “Plan”) is submitted by the parties in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f)(3). All parties do not consent to conducting all…
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Uncharted Labs moves to dismiss Woulard complaint
Read more: Uncharted Labs moves to dismiss Woulard complaintUncharted Labs d/b/a Udio filed a motion to dismiss Woulard’s Complaint in the Northern District of Illinois for lack of personal jurisdiction. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD UDIO’S MOTION TO DISMISS
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Judge Davila sets Scheduling Order in Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA
Read more: Judge Davila sets Scheduling Order in Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIAJudge Davila granted an extension to the Scheduling Order in Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA, but a couple weeks shorter than sought by the parties:
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Complaint in Lyon v. Adobe Copyright suits hit 68 in U.S. v. AI.
Read more: Complaint in Lyon v. Adobe Copyright suits hit 68 in U.S. v. AI.As we close out 2025, the copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. We have now hit Copyright Lawsuit No. 68. It’s the 30th copyright lawsuit filed in 2025 against AI companies. LYON V. ADOBE Earlier this week, book author Elizabeth Lyon, who writes about how to get published, sued Adobe for training its slim…
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Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPM
Read more: Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPMJudge Sidney Stein, who oversees the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, denied Ziff Davis’s (owner of Mashable and other web media) motion to add a DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Similar to Judge Stein’s earlier grant of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss, Judge Stein ruled that the alleged scraping of content without recognizing a websites robot.txt file…
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Andersen, Midjourney ask Magistrate Judge to resolve 2 disputes over Midjourney’s filtering of training data, Artists’ trade dress
Read more: Andersen, Midjourney ask Magistrate Judge to resolve 2 disputes over Midjourney’s filtering of training data, Artists’ trade dressSarah Andersen Plaintiffs and Midjourney are asking Magistrate Judge Cisneros to resolve 2 discovery disputes: (1) Whether Midjourney has to provide further information related to its filtering of training data, (2) Whether Plaintiffs have to provide further information related to their alleged trade dress. DOWNLOAD LETTER RE: FILTERING OF DATA DOWNLOAD LETTER RE: ARTISTS’ TRADE…