Category: Judge Chhabria

Meta adds legal firepower to its AI defense: Supreme Court litigators Kannon Shanmugam, William T. Marks of Paul Weiss

Meta is adding Kannon K. Shanmugam and William T. Marks, Supreme Court litigators from Paul Weiss, to its defense team in the Kadrey book authors’ copyright lawsuit filed against Meta. Paul Weiss says: Kannon Shanmugan “has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, including 31 cases in private practice. He has also argued over 150…
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Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.

It’s been a hot minute since our last update. Here’s the latest on all 39 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New cases Significant rulings Upcoming Hearings Visit our Master List of all copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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Meta updates Judge Chhabria on missed 18,000 documents. Has Meta quelled the fire?

Likely working round the clock, Meta’s outside attorneys have quickly reviewed and produced most of the responsive documents to the plaintiffs Kadrey book authors from the tranche of 18,000 missed documents that its e-discovery vendor Lighthouse “sequestered” from review. In its prior letter, Meta explained that most of the 18,000 documents were non-responsive or duplicates…
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Kadrey plaintiffs oppose Meta’s motion to dismiss

The Kadrey book author plaintiffs filed their opposition to Meta’s Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. Here’s their argument:
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Judge Chhabria issues order in Kadrey v. Meta: Meta’s discovery lapse to be discussed at motion to dismiss hearing on Feb. 27

In a short oral order, Judge Chhabria instructed: “The parties should be prepared to discuss Meta’s inadvertent document sequestration at the February 27 hearing on Meta’s motion to dismiss.” At least for the time being, this short order seems a victory for Meta. The plaintiffs were seeking a lot more: “(1) order Meta to produce…
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Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s day of reckoning: Kadrey, represented by Boies law firm, blasts Meta for falsities & discovery abuses. Will court lay the hammer down on Meta?

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg’s day of reckoning will likely be this week. That’s when Judge Chhabria is expected to decide not only (1) whether the crime-fraud exception applies to 63 Meta documents warranting the loss of confidentiality in Meta’s attorney-client communications, but also (2) what to do about Meta’s admission on late Friday that it…
Read more: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s day of reckoning: Kadrey, represented by Boies law firm, blasts Meta for falsities & discovery abuses. Will court lay the hammer down on Meta?
Meta, Mark Zuckerberg face moment of truth in AI copyright suit: Do Meta documents show evidence of criminal copyright infringement in which Meta attorneys played a role?

Meta’s outside attorneys submitted to Judge Chhabria 63 documents for his in-camera review. Earlier this week, Judge Chhabria ruled that the Kadrey plaintiffs made a prima facie showing that Meta attorneys may have played a role in possible criminal copyright infringement under Section 506(a)(1) of the Copyright Act. The Judge ordered Meta to submit to…
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From bad to worse: Meta belatedly finds 18,000 Meta documents missed in its discovery review. Oh boy.

Oh boy. Meta just found 18,000 Meta documents that it hasn’t reviewed yet in response to the Kadrey plaintiffs’ discovery requests. Meta blames its “e-discovery vendor” that apparently conducted its review. Meta discovered this gaping lapse in its vendor’s e-discovery review in the course of preparing the attorney-client communications it must submit to Judge Chhabria…
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Kadrey plaintiffs seek Court review of 7 more Meta documents that “appear to show similar attorney involvement in a crime, fraud, or unlawful conduct”

The David Boies law firm sent Judge Chhabria a letter, identifying 7 additional Meta documents that “appear to show similar attorney involvement in a crime, fraud, or unlawful conduct.” Judge Chhabria has already ordered Meta to submit for his in-camera review “the documents identified in Exhibit J to the Pritt declaration (as well as well…
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Judge Chhabria orders in-camera review of Meta’s attorney-client communications for potential crime fraud exception. Will torrent “seeding” of LibGen dataset spell disaster for Meta, Mark Zuckerberg?

The Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit is the AI copyright case to watch. Judge Chhabria just ruled that Meta has to submit documents that it claimed were protected by attorney-client privilege for the Judge’s in-camera review by this Friday, 5 pm. Why? Because David Boies’s law firm has made a prima facie showing that those communications…
Read more: Judge Chhabria orders in-camera review of Meta’s attorney-client communications for potential crime fraud exception. Will torrent “seeding” of LibGen dataset spell disaster for Meta, Mark Zuckerberg?