In Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick has granted most of Plaintiff Sarah Andersen’s request to push back the deadlines in the scheduling order by about 3 months.
The hearing on summary judgment motions gets moved from Nov. 4, 2026 to February 17, 2027.
For the very 1st copyright lawsuit filed against gen AI companies, this case has moved at a relatively slow pace compared to the other copyright lawsuits against gen AI companies.
Andersen and other visual artists sued Stability AI, Midjourney, Deviant Art, and Runway AI.
Here’s the new schedule:
Below are the current schedules related to summary judgment motions. Judge Eumi Lee presides over 2 lawsuits with the next chance for a summary judgment ruling, with the Concord Music v. Anthropic case in pole position. Now the Andersen case has fallen off to the bottom of the list of contenders for the next ruling on fair use:
- June 10, 2026 – Concord Music v. Anthropic hearing on SJ (Judge Lee) (see ECF No. 416)
- July 8, 2026 – In re Google Gen AI Litigation last day to file SJ motion (Judge Lee); last day to hear SJ motions Sept. 11, 2026, at 1:30 PM (see ECF No. 199)
- Aug. 14, 2026 – UMG Recordings v. Suno SJ motions due (Judge Saylor IV)
- Aug. 24, 2026 – In re Mosaic LLM Litigation replies on SJ due (Judge Breyer)
- Oct. 16, 2026 – In re ChatGPT Infringement Litigation replies on SJ due (Judge Stein) (see ECF No. 238)
- Nov. 23, 2026 – Nazemian, Dubus v. NVIDIA replies due on SJ (Judge Tigar)
- Feb. 17, 2027 – Andersen v. Stability AI hearing on SJ (Judge Orrick)