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Judge McMahon issues revised scheduling order in Advanced Local Media v. Cohere. Summary judgment motions due Dec. 18, 2026
Read more: Judge McMahon issues revised scheduling order in Advanced Local Media v. Cohere. Summary judgment motions due Dec. 18, 2026In Advanced Local Media v. Cohere, Judge Colleen McMahon issued a revised scheduling order. The summary judgment motions are due on Dec. 18, 2026. That’s the same deadline for the parties to submit a joint pretrial order. This case appear to be moving forward full steam ahead.
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OpenAI faces skeptical Second Circuit panel in Raw Story Media appeal of lack of Article III injury ruling
Read more: OpenAI faces skeptical Second Circuit panel in Raw Story Media appeal of lack of Article III injury rulingToday, the Second Circuit heard oral argument in Raw Story Media’s appeal of Judge Colleen McMahon’s ruling that the alleged removal of Raw Story Media’s copyright management information from its works did not show an Article III injury. On the panel were Judge Richard C. Wesley, Judge Dennis Jacobs, and Judge Eunice C. Lee. According…
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Cohere files answer to Advance Local Media’s Complaint
Read more: Cohere files answer to Advance Local Media’s ComplaintAfter Judge McMahon denied its partial motion to dismiss, Cohere filed its answer to the complaint filed by news organizations Advance Local Media. Here are the affirmative defenses raised: Notably, and not suprisingly, Cohere does not raise any defense based on (1) advice of legal counsel or (2) innocent infringement. In Bartz v. Anthropic, a…
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Reflections on Judge McMahon’s denial of partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s Complaint v. Cohere
Read more: Reflections on Judge McMahon’s denial of partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s Complaint v. CohereOn Nov. 13, 2025, Judge McMahon issued her ruling denying Cohere’s partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s Complaint. Summarized here: Today, I will take a closer look at the copyright part of the court’s ruling. A. Cohere attempted to dismiss the “substitutive summaries” theory of infringement Judge McMahon rejected Cohere’s argument on “substitutive summaries“:…
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Cohere loses its partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s direct copyright infringement claim
Read more: Cohere loses its partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s direct copyright infringement claimJudge McMahon, in the Southern District of New York, denied AI company Cohere’s partial motion to dismiss direct and secondary copyright infringement claims and Lanham Act claims. This is an important case challenging, among other things, outputs from Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). The opinion also discusses the relevance (or not) of plaintiffs’ investigatory tactics to…
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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
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Proposed protective order in Advanced Local Media v. Cohere
Read more: Proposed protective order in Advanced Local Media v. CohereFinally have some docket activity in Advanced Local Media v. Cohere, the case filed by Conde Nast. The parties submitted their proposed protective order for discovery to Judge Colleen McMahon
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Raw Story Media and Alternet ask Judge Stein to reconsider Judge McMahon’s denial of motion for leave to file amended complaint on 1202(b)(1) claim for intentional removal of CMI
Read more: Raw Story Media and Alternet ask Judge Stein to reconsider Judge McMahon’s denial of motion for leave to file amended complaint on 1202(b)(1) claim for intentional removal of CMIFailing to persuade Judge McMahon to allow them to file an amended complaint to salvage their DMCA Section 1202(b)(1) claim for OpenAI’s alleged intentional removal of CMI, Raw Story Media tries again but now with Judge Stein, who has inherited all the copyright suits against OpenAI and Microsoft by transfer through Multi-district Litigation. I’m curious…
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Judge McMahon issues scheduling order in Advance Local Media v. Cohere
Read more: Judge McMahon issues scheduling order in Advance Local Media v. CohereJudge McMahon issued the scheduling order for the Advanced Local Media v. Cohere case. Fact discovery to close on Feb. 27, 2026. All discovery including expert discovery to close on July 24, 2026. Related Stories