Due 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 as specified in her order). (Anthropic had sought a stay of just Concord Music II action.)
The upshot is that the hearing on the summary judgment motions gets pushed back from July 15 to October 21. See below:
Comparison of SJ schedules in AI copyright suits
At this point, it’s unclear whether any ruling on summary judgment on AI training and fair use will happen in 2026.
There’s still a chance we get 1 or 2, from Judge Lee in Concord Music v. Anthropic I, Judge Breyer in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation, and Judge Stein in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation (MDL).
But it’s not guaranteed. For a reference point, in Bartz v. Anthropic, the hearing was on May 15. Judge Alsup issued his opinion on fair use on June 23. A pretty fast turnaround, but probably not one we should expect in other cases. The hearing in Kadrey v. Meta was on May 1. Judge Chhabria’s opinion came out on June 24. Yes, a day after Judge Alsup’s opinion.
So, let’s say we use a 2-month turnaround as an approximate timeline from hearing to decision, a decision in Concord Music I would come near the holiday period (around Dec. 21), in which case one could easily see it pushed into the beginning of 2027. And a decision in Mosaic close to Dec. 30, so the same problem.
This means that it’s quite possible no new district court decisions on fair use in AI training until 2027.
That would leave the Third Circuit’s decision in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. The oral argument is June 11, 2026. So there’s a decent chance of a decision this year.
| Date | Case | Event | Judge | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026* stayed (likely pushed back) | In re Google Generative AI Litigation | SJ motions due | Lee (N.D. Cal.) | Schedule currently stayed pending decision on outstanding motions including class certification |
| Oct. 16, 2026 | In re OpenAI Infringement Litigation | SJ reply briefs due | Stein (S.D.N.Y.) | |
| Oct. 21, 2026 (moved from Jul. 15, 2026 due to 90 day stay). | Concord Music v. Anthropic | SJ Hearing | Lee (N.D. Cal.) | Next major SJ hearing among the copyright AI cases. |
| Oct. 30, 2026, 10 AM | In re Mosaic LLM Litigation | SJ Hearing | Breyer (N.D. Cal.) | Next likely dispositive ruling after Concord |
| Dec. 4, 2026 | Nazemian, Dubus v. NVIDIA | SJ reply briefs due | Tigar (N.D. Cal.) | |
| Jan. 8, 2027 | UMG Recordings v. Suno | SJ motions due | Saylor IV (D. Mass.) | |
| Feb. 17, 2027 | Andersen v. Stability AI | SJ + Class Cert Hearing | Orrick (N.D. Cal.) |
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