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Judge Cisneros allows book authors in Mosaic lawsuit to subpoena Microsoft for ” its communications with and documents regarding entities with which it entered licensing agreements for AI Training Data, where the communications or documents indicate potential or proposed terems for licensing”
Read more: Judge Cisneros allows book authors in Mosaic lawsuit to subpoena Microsoft for ” its communications with and documents regarding entities with which it entered licensing agreements for AI Training Data, where the communications or documents indicate potential or proposed terems for licensing”In In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation, Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros issued an important discovery ruling allowing the book author plaintiffs to subpoena Microsoft’s documents and communications that “indicate potential or proposed terms for licensing.” Microsoft had already produced the actual licenses it struck with 14 or 15 copyright owners. Although Judge Cisneros rejected the full…
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Plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation add more new lawyers from Susman Godrey and Lieff Cabraser.
Read more: Plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation add more new lawyers from Susman Godrey and Lieff Cabraser.In the past week, starting on March 6, 2025, the plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation have added 9 new lawyers to their team. Judge Breyer already appointed “the Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP as interim lead counsel and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP and Cafferty Clobes Meriwether& Sprengel LLP as the executive committee. The…
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Judge Bibas Then and Now on fair use in training AI models. Side by side comparison of Judge’s analysis.
Read more: Judge Bibas Then and Now on fair use in training AI models. Side by side comparison of Judge’s analysis.It’s useful to compare Judge Bibas’s fair use analysis of the purpose of the defendant ROSS’s use of Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes for legal decisions. Two things are apparent: 1. While Judge Bibas cautioned in 2023 about “over-reading” the Warhol decision, Judge Bibas in 2025 basically has read Warhol to apply in a way that eliminates…
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Judge Breyer sends Mosaic case to magistrate judge for discovery
Read more: Judge Breyer sends Mosaic case to magistrate judge for discoveryJudge Breyer referred the In re Mosaic LLM Litigation to a magistrate judge for discovery.
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Judge Breyer grants order recaptioning consolidated cases filed by O’Nan, Makkai v. Databricks, Mosaic as In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation.
Read more: Judge Breyer grants order recaptioning consolidated cases filed by O’Nan, Makkai v. Databricks, Mosaic as In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation.Here’s the order from Judge Breyer recaptioning the consolidated cases of O’Nan and Makkai as: In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation:
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Joseph Saveri appointed interim lead counsel in O’Nan, Makkai suits v. Google
Read more: Joseph Saveri appointed interim lead counsel in O’Nan, Makkai suits v. GoogleJoseph Saveri was appointed by Judge Breyer as the interim lead counsel based on an unopposed motion in the consolidated cases involving O’Nan and Makkai against Databricks and Mosaic ML. Saveri has a similar pending motion before Judge Lee in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Saveri has other cases in which no motion…