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Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suit
Read more: Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suitPlaintiffs are seeking to exclude the expert testimony of two experts proffered by Google: William Patry and Ryan Sullivan. Of course, as Plaintiffs say, “Patry formerly served as Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel for over 17 years and now works at Quinn Emanuel, where he represents other large technology companies in litigation involving the use of…
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. Anthropic
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. AnthropicThe Concord Music v. Anthropic is marching along. Magistrate Judge van Keulen just issued the order governing expert reports. All eyes will be on this case as it most likely will present the next opportunity for a judge to rule on fair use in AI training. Judge Lee presides.
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Anthropic reply re: protective order
Read more: Anthropic reply re: protective orderAnthropic filed its reply in the Concord Music lawsuit in support of its motion for clarification of the protective order. Related Stories
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Should Anthropic get discovery of Concord Music’s investigatory prompts and outputs it generated on Claude? Seems relevant to normal use of Claude and its guardrails
Read more: Should Anthropic get discovery of Concord Music’s investigatory prompts and outputs it generated on Claude? Seems relevant to normal use of Claude and its guardrailsAn important discovery dispute is brewing in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Anthropic is seeking discovery of the prompts Concord Music used to investigate for potentially infringing outputs, plus the outputs Concord derived. “Because Publishers’ contentions can only be properly tested and rebutted with a granular understanding of their undisclosed prompts and outputs, Anthropic, Judge Lee,…
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Google aggressively seeks sanctions v. Plaintiffs in AI lawsuit for allegedly shifting alleged class involved again
Read more: Google aggressively seeks sanctions v. Plaintiffs in AI lawsuit for allegedly shifting alleged class involved againGoogle is seeking sanctions against the plaintiffs in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Google alleges that the plaintiffs are now belatedly changing their definitions of the class for the potential class action lawsuit, after already once having Judge Lee strike their “fail-safe” class definition. Google says it will seek to strike the class…
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Judge Lee granted the stipulated extension to allow depositions out of time
Read more: Judge Lee granted the stipulated extension to allow depositions out of timeJudge Lee granted the stipulated extension in Concord Music v. Anthropic: It does not affect the summary judgment motion and trial dates. The hearing on the summary judgment motion(s) will be on June 10, 2026. That likely makes Judge Lee the next in line to have the opportunity to rule on fair use in AI…
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Concord Music, Anthropic spar over meaning of court’s discovery ruling re: Concord’s investigation of outputs
Read more: Concord Music, Anthropic spar over meaning of court’s discovery ruling re: Concord’s investigation of outputsConcord Music and Anthropic disagree on the scope of Magistrate Judge van Keulen’s discovery order related to Concord Music’s investigation of allegedly infringing outputs that were not stopped by Anthropic’s guardrails. Anthropic’s Position: The Court Should Confirm That Its October 12, 2025 Order Requires Publishers To Produce The Same Information For The 15,000 Prompt- Output…
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers receives referral to relate Alexander book author case to Hendrix book author case v. Apple
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers receives referral to relate Alexander book author case to Hendrix book author case v. AppleAs we expected, Judge Gonzalez Rogers will get the chance to relate the Alexander book author case to the Hendrix book author case against Apple. Judge Lee referred the Alexander case to Judge Gonzalez Rogers. And the parties in the Hendrix case filed a motion to relate. Judge Gonzalez Rogers already deemed the Martinez-Conde book…