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Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.
Read more: Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.Book author John Carreyrou’s bold attempt to pursue an omnibus copyright lawsuit against the U.S. AI industry appears possibly splintering apart. Google already filed a motion to sever. And today Anthropic followed suit (see below). We can expect the same motions to sever from Meta, Perplexity AI, and xAI. The case against OpenAI has already…
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Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDL
Read more: Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDLThe first domino in the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by book author John Carreyrou v. Anthopic has dropped. Following a joint stipulation by the relevant parties, Judge Thompson issued an order severing Carreyrou v. OpenAI so it can be transferred to the MDL Litigation, where it most likely will be stayed while the rest of…
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Judge Thompson reschedules hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss Carreyrou’s complaint to July 7
Read more: Judge Thompson reschedules hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss Carreyrou’s complaint to July 7Notice is hereby given to all parties that the hearing on Defendant Anthropic’s Motion to Dismiss 96 set for March 24, 2026, 2:00 PM is rescheduled to July 7, 2026, 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09, 19th Floor before Judge Trina L Thompson. Signed by Judge Trina L. Thompson on 2/18/2026.
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Anthropic moves to dismiss John Carreyrou’s lawsuit filed by 5 authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement
Read more: Anthropic moves to dismiss John Carreyrou’s lawsuit filed by 5 authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlementAnthropic wasted no time in moving to dismiss author John Carreyrou’s copyright complaint. The lawsuit was filed by 5 book authors (a sixth dropped out) who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement. Intriguing is Anthropic’s argument that John Carreyrou’s Complaint fails to allege his book(s) were contained in the dataset (Books3) Anthropic…
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Judge Thompson expedites consideration of motions to sever omnibus copyright suit filed by author John Carreyrou v. AI industry
Read more: Judge Thompson expedites consideration of motions to sever omnibus copyright suit filed by author John Carreyrou v. AI industryJudge Trina Thompson moved up the consideration of defendant AI companies’ motion to sever the omnibus copyright lawsuit that book author John Carreyrou filed against nearly the entire U.S. AI industry: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity AI, xAI, and Google. Order re Defendants’ Motions to Sever: Any Defendant intending to file a motion to sever shall…
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Google seeks to spoil author John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright suit v. the AI industry for improper joinder under Federal Rules
Read more: Google seeks to spoil author John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright suit v. the AI industry for improper joinder under Federal RulesLeave it to Google to spoil the potential omnibus copyright lawsuit author John Carreyrou, who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, against nearly the entire AI industry in the United States: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity AI, xAI, and Google. Google brings up the pesky Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20. Google contends the…
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Anthropic enlists lawyers from White & Case for defense in copyright suit filed by Carreyrou and other book authors who opted out of Bartz class settlement
Read more: Anthropic enlists lawyers from White & Case for defense in copyright suit filed by Carreyrou and other book authors who opted out of Bartz class settlementInteresting to see AI companies hiring new law firms to handle their defense in the book author lawsuit Carreyrou v. Anthropic. First, Perplexity hired Mayer Brown lawyers (who are not involved in the 4 copyright lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York). Now, Anthropic has hired lawyers from White & Case: These lawyers…