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Opening briefs filed in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I. Follow new page.
Read more: Opening briefs filed in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I. Follow new page.The opening briefs for summary judgment motions in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. Responsive briefs have been pushed back due to a temporary stay issued by Judge Lee. We created a new page for you to follow along. Click below to go to the briefs: *Full disclosure: I was a part of Copyright Law Professors’…
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Judge Pitts scratches John Carreyrou plaintiffs’ and Meta’s idea of referring Cambronne v. Meta to Judge Chhabria for possible related case
Read more: Judge Pitts scratches John Carreyrou plaintiffs’ and Meta’s idea of referring Cambronne v. Meta to Judge Chhabria for possible related caseIt looks like Judge Pitts is keeping Cambronne v. Meta, now severed, at parties’ stipulation. The lawsuit originally was a part of the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed originally by author John Carrreyrou and other books authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement. The original lawsuit was basically against all the major…
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Reddit opposes Perplexity’s, SerpApi’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Reddit opposes Perplexity’s, SerpApi’s motion to dismissOn April 17, Reddit filed its consolidated opposition to the motions to dismiss filed by Perplexity and SerpApi. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD REDDIT’S OPPOSITION Related Story
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Perplexity seeks dismissal of New York Times, Chicago Tribune’s complaints
Read more: Perplexity seeks dismissal of New York Times, Chicago Tribune’s complaintsOn April 17, Perplexity filed a consolidated motion to dismiss the First Amendment Complaints of the New York Times and Chicago Tribune. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD PERPLEXITY’S MOTION TO DISMISS
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Third Circuit orders Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence to file supplemental briefs on Third Circuit’s recent decision finding likely fair use by UpCodes
Read more: Third Circuit orders Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence to file supplemental briefs on Third Circuit’s recent decision finding likely fair use by UpCodesThe Clerk of the Third Circuit just posted an order by the Third Circuit in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, an interlocutory appeal over (1) whether Westlaw headnotes used by ROSS were copyrightable expression (or lacked originality) and (2) whether ROSS’s use of some headnotes to train its AI model was a fair use: “At…
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Judge Lee stays Concord Music v. Anthropic I 90 days. Summary judgment hearing moved from July to Oct. 21
Read more: Judge Lee stays Concord Music v. Anthropic I 90 days. Summary judgment hearing moved from July to Oct. 21Due to complications created by Concord Music’s recent effort to voluntarily dismiss its 2 claims for secondary liability, along with the coordination of the recently filed related cases in Concord Music v. Anthropic II and BMG Rights Management v. Anthropic, Judge Lee sua sponte ordered a 90 day temporary stay of all the cases (except…
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Elon Musk drops fraud claims v. Sam Altman, OpenAI, leaving only breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment. Trial of the Century starts on Monday, April 27
Read more: Elon Musk drops fraud claims v. Sam Altman, OpenAI, leaving only breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment. Trial of the Century starts on Monday, April 27On Monday, April 27 the Trial of the Century in Elon Musk v. Sam Altman will begin with jury selection. On the eve of trial, Elon Musk has agreed to drop his fraud and constructive fraud claims, which he had suggested he would do in his proposed jury instructions. Musk says it would help streamline…
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Judge Stein grants stay, putting on shelf copyright suits filed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam’s Dictionary, Gracenote v. OpenAI.
Read more: Judge Stein grants stay, putting on shelf copyright suits filed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam’s Dictionary, Gracenote v. OpenAI.On April 21, 2026, Judge Stein granted by joint stipulation of the parties in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAI and Gracenote v. OpenAI. The cases will be put on the shelf, for now. These cases were filed very late and the rest of the MDL Litigation v. OpenAI is nearing the end of discovery. “JOINT STIPULATION…
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Hayk Esaghoulyan to represent Dario Amodei, Benjamin Mann in Concord Music v. Anthropic II lawsuit that named them as defendants
Read more: Hayk Esaghoulyan to represent Dario Amodei, Benjamin Mann in Concord Music v. Anthropic II lawsuit that named them as defendantsHayk Esaghoulyan of Conrad Meltlizky Kane law firm filed a notice of appearance in the Concord Music v. Anthropic II lawsuit to represent Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, co-founders of Anthropic. Esaghoulyan’s firm webpage states: “Hayk Esaghoulyan is an Associate at Conrad|Metlitzky|Kane. His practice includes complex civil litigation, government and internal investigations, and white-collar criminal defense.…