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The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.
Read more: The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.The advisory jury in Musk v. Altman will deliberate starting on Monday over Elon Musk’s two claims against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment. The court schedule for the trial did not hold any sessions on Friday. But it’s a bit of surprise no exception was…
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Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state court
Read more: Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state courtGoogle opposes Dadid L. Greene’s motion to remand the case back to state court. Green alleges Google misappropriated and used recordings of his voice to train its Notebook LM model. Google argues Greene’s state law claims are equivalent to a copyright claim and preempted by the Copyright Act. DOWNLOAD GOOGLE’S OPPOSITION
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Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint
Read more: Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended ComplaintIn James v. Cerebras Systems, The Clerk has scheduled a hearing on August 20, 2026, at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. James has asked the court leave to file a First Amended Complaint that adds a claim for contributory infringement related to Cerebras Systems’ alleged creation and…
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Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.
Read more: Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.On the eve of the fairness hearing for final approval of the $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthopric before Judge Martinez-Olguin, a second group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. (The first group led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc. is represented by the same law…
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Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.
Read more: Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.We will soon have greater clarity with what happens to John Carreyrou’s omnibus lawsuit against 8 AI companies (some of which have already been severed). Yesterday, Judge Pitts indicated that he will grant the motions to sever the lawsuit. But he had not decided which cases involving which defendant(s) he would keep. Interestingly, Carreyrou through…
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David L. Greene opposes Google’s motion to dismiss complaint with state law claims related to alleged use of his voice
Read more: David L. Greene opposes Google’s motion to dismiss complaint with state law claims related to alleged use of his voiceFormer NPR host of “All Things Considered,” David L. Greene has filed his opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss his state law claims for alleged appropriation of his voice. Google argues his claims are preempted by the Copyright Act. Greene argues they are not. The suit is before Judge Breyer. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD GREENE’S OPPOSITION
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Darius H. James seeks to file First Amended Complaint v. Cerebras Systems after adding Lieff Cabraser lawyers
Read more: Darius H. James seeks to file First Amended Complaint v. Cerebras Systems after adding Lieff Cabraser lawyersAuthor Darius H. James has filed for leave to file a First Amended Complaint. James recently added lawyers from Lieff Cabraser law firm, who are heavily involved representing book authors in multiple suits against AI companies. The proposed First Amended Complaint adds a claim for contributory infringement. The claims relate to Cerebras Systems’ creation of…
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Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.
Read more: Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.Anthropic has cited Judge Chhabria’s decision to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne, and Cognella, respectively. Anthropic has asked Judge Martínez-Olguín, who was assigned Bartz v. Anthropic following Judge Alsup’s retirement, to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Anthropic by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne (aka…