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In one of final orders, Judge Alsup rebukes Bartz Class Counsel for seeking attorneys’ fees for 3 law firms beyond the 2 firms appointed Class Counsel
Read more: In one of final orders, Judge Alsup rebukes Bartz Class Counsel for seeking attorneys’ fees for 3 law firms beyond the 2 firms appointed Class CounselIn one of his final orders before his retirement from the bench in a few days, Judge William Alsup issued a strong rebuke of the Bartz Class Counsel’s motion for attorneys’ fees beyond the 2 firms appointed class counsel, Susman Godfrey LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP. The motion for attorneys’ fees will…
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List of Cases in which Authors adopt the Shadow Library Strategy v. AI companies.
Read more: List of Cases in which Authors adopt the Shadow Library Strategy v. AI companies.UPDATED on Nov. 7, 2025: We posted an updated graphic compiling all the U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies in which the authors are advancing the Shadow Library Strategy against the AI companies. The Shadow Library Strategy is to raise a separate theory of infringement–apart from the training of AI models–based on the AI company’s…
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Book authors declare victory as $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic approved
Read more: Book authors declare victory as $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic approvedAndrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson were in the San Francisco courtroom to watch history: Judge Alsup approved the largest settlement in the history of US copryight law at $1.5 billion. Afterwards, the book authors issued a statement: We are grateful for the Court’s action today, which brings us one step closer to…
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Magistrate Judge Wang issues ominous order asking for more briefing on whether OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege re: its destruction of Books1 and Books2 datasets.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang issues ominous order asking for more briefing on whether OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege re: its destruction of Books1 and Books2 datasets.Things may go from bad to worse from OpenAI in the MDL Litigation. Magistrate Judge Wang just ordered supplemental briefing on whether OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege related to its destructions of Books1 and Books2 datasets used to train its earlier models. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs not to exceed 1,500 words…
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With statutory damages, the Shadow Library Strategy offers the same potential amount of recovery to book authors. Winning on AI training adds $0.
Read more: With statutory damages, the Shadow Library Strategy offers the same potential amount of recovery to book authors. Winning on AI training adds $0.This post is a follow up to yesterday’s analysis of the Susman Godfrey Playbook in lawsuits against AI companies. To recap, one of the strategies that Susman Godfrey lawyers successfully advanced in Bartz v. Anthropic is the separate treatment of Anthropic’s initial acquisition and library-building of copies from shadow libraries. What I call the Shadow…
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The Susman Godfrey Playbook in Lawsuits v. AI
Read more: The Susman Godfrey Playbook in Lawsuits v. AINo law firm has had a greater impact among the 50 U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies than Susman Godfrey. Among lawyers, the firm needs no introduction. In fiscal 2023, it ranked No. 4 among law firms for profits per partner, with a hefty $7 million per partner. While the Joseph Saveri Law Firm started…