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Meta again averts loss of attorney-client privilege on Kadrey’s asserted crime-fraud
Read more: Meta again averts loss of attorney-client privilege on Kadrey’s asserted crime-fraudOne of the tactics that plaintiffs are now trying to use in some of the AI copyright litigation is an attempt to pierce the attorney-client privilege in communications related to the AI company’s use of datasets from shadow libraries. This plaintiffs’ strategy has been deployed in Kadrey v. Meta, Bartz v. Anthropic, and In re…
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Kadrey v. Meta parties dispute over staff notes of Meta rebuttal expert Bakewell
Read more: Kadrey v. Meta parties dispute over staff notes of Meta rebuttal expert BakewellThe parties in Kadrey v. Meta filed a letter to Magistrate Judge Hixson over whether notes taken by the staff of Meta’s rebuttal expert Christopher Bakewell should be produced to the plaintiffs.
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Meta, Mark Zuckerberg suffer disastrous week in AI copyright lawsuit by book authors
Read more: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg suffer disastrous week in AI copyright lawsuit by book authorsDisastrous. That’s the word that comes to mind to describe the setbacks that Meta faced this week in its defense against the proposed class action brought by the Kadrey book authors. Judge Chhabria publicly rebuked Meta for its proposed redactions of briefing related to the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a Third Amended Complaint,…
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David Boies firm asks Judge Chhabria to overrule magistrate judge’s ruling on pirated books library, and confidentiality issues
Read more: David Boies firm asks Judge Chhabria to overrule magistrate judge’s ruling on pirated books library, and confidentiality issuesThe Kadrey plaintiffs, represented by the David Boies law firm, are asking Judge Chhabria to overrule several discovery-related decisions that (1) denied the plaintiffs the ability to ask questions related to certain topics, such as Meta’s alleged use of pirated copies of books from shadow libraries, and that (2) agreed with Meta’s assertion of privilege…