Lawsuits and rulings
Copyright, liability and data protection lawsuits, and court rulings in AI cases.
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November 2026 · 16
Eminem's publisher and the Elvis estate both sue AI music platform SunolawyerFor music copyright clients, the voice-imitation issue should be included in the claim alongside the damages demand.corporate lawyerMusic AI providers need to review the legal basis of their training datasets and their licensing agreements.State attorneys general target AI providers: West Virginia sues Snapcorporate lawyerPlatforms that integrate AI should expect state action that cites the model vendor's published limitations.compliance specialistKnowing the limitations stated in vendor documentation is part of risk management.Parents sue Google, alleging school Chromebook AI helped plan teen's suicide attemptcorporate lawyerEducation AI providers should review product liability and negligence risk, as well as protection settings for minors.compliance specialistFor AI features involving children, content filtering and escalation processes need to be documented.citizenBlocking a chatbot app does not necessarily rule out AI built into the device, so parental settings should be checked separately.Man sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helped his wife plan to poison himcorporate lawyerProduct liability and negligence risk for chatbot providers may extend to use that is expressly aimed at harming a third party.compliance specialistFirms should document how risky requests are handled and what safety limits apply to retired models.lawyerThe case could serve as a template for liability claims over AI-assisted acts against third parties.Meta, Google and TikTok sue California over law protecting children from addictive algorithmscorporate lawyerPlatforms must shape the legal compliance of algorithmic recommender systems aimed at minors according to the outcome of the case.compliance specialistPreparation for California's child-protection rules should not be postponed until the case ends.US federal judge dismisses music publishers' direct copyright claim against Dario AmodeilawyerFor direct copyright claims against executives, preparation is needed to prove personal involvement.corporate lawyerExecutives' personal exposure does not increase here, but the company's liability remains open.Anthropic copyright settlement could benefit Herald Press authorsSuno asks court to dismiss Jason Isbell's lawsuit, saying nothing unlawful occurredlawyerLawyers should be ready for a free-speech defence when drafting voice-imitation and identity-based claims.US federal appeals court: law firm's AI use does not justify cutting legal feeslawyerThe winning party can claim its full legal costs even when AI support was used.corporate lawyerWhen submitting a fee claim, be prepared in advance for arguments about savings.Hungarian court makes new EU referral on press publications and LLM chatbotslawyerThe pending case may offer guidance for filings in press copyright and chatbot disputes.Ross Intelligence seeks new hearing in copyright case against Thomson Reuterscorporate lawyerLegal AI vendors still need to watch the lawfulness of their training data.EU court adviser: Gemini-type chatbots may infringe press publishers' rightslawyerFor publisher clients, claims based on infringement of the related right should be prepared, following the EU court's ruling.corporate lawyerChatbot and AI search providers should review how they retrieve and display press content in real time.Hollywood, creators' groups and publishers back New York Times in OpenAI caselawyerCopyright clients should prepare for the arguments in the amicus briefs, which outline the counter-arguments to fair use.corporate lawyerAI developers and users should review the legal basis of their training data while the case remains undecided.New York Times and three other US papers sue Brave over AI scraping and paywall bypasscorporate lawyerFor products offering AI search or summaries, companies should check how the system gains access to paywalled content.compliance specialistThe legal risk of AI features that retrieve third-party content needs to be assessed.Delhi High Court orders removal of deepfake videos and protects personality rightslawyerCourt practice may provide a new basis for personality-rights and deepfake-removal applications.Alphabet shareholder sues executives over copyright claims in Google AI trainingcorporate lawyerExecutives' liability and shareholder (derivative) exposure should also be assessed in light of the copyright risk.compliance specialistThe legal risk of AI training should be documented at board level.
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Wikimedia warns a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open weblawyerThe brief offers a new argument for defending transformative use.Court orders resentencing after AI video of victim was shown at hearinglawyerObjections can be raised to the use of such material.Cate Blanchett-led coalition backs New York Times against OpenAI in copyright caselawyerAmicus and coalition briefs can serve as strategic tools.Publishers file amicus brief against OpenAI's fair use defense in copyright caselawyerThe arguments in the fair use debate should be tracked on both sides for use in similar cases.Apple and OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit formally under way, trial set for July 2027corporate lawyerTransferring AI specialists and engineering knowledge carries trade secret risk.Stanford authors sue Anthropic over use of copyrighted books to train AIlawyerCoordinating group and individual author claims could be a key issue.Family sues OpenAI over alleged fatal medical advice from ChatGPT; epilepsy drug class action also filedlawyerA new line of liability for chatbot advice: product liability and negligence claims are being tested.corporate lawyerAI providers offering health content should review warnings and restrictions at contract and product level.compliance specialistDocumented rules for handling medical questions reduce risk.Thomson Reuters v. ROSS: Third Circuit recognizes licensing market for AI training datalawyerThe existence of a licensing market may strengthen market-harm arguments in copyright cases.Norwegian media companies sue Meta over use of their journalism for AIlawyerCross-border copyright claims deserve close attention.Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic over 274 songs used to train AIcorporate lawyerCustomers of AI providers need to reassess copyright damages risk and contractual indemnification clauses.lawyerLawyers representing music rights holders should follow the evidentiary method used in the complaint.Texas and other states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safetycorporate lawyerWith consumer-protection suits under way, the accuracy of safety claims is a legal issue.compliance specialistThe marketing and safety claims of AI services must be verified.citizenConsumers' rights are being enforced by state attorneys general.Reservoir sues Suno and Anthropic, seeking nearly $338 millionlawyerSimilar legal arguments and evidentiary patterns can be seen across the parallel suits.Companies fight subpoenas in Suno's legal fight with Universal and Sony MusiclawyerThe limits on taking evidence from third parties are a practical issue in training lawsuits.Owners of Elvis Presley catalogue sue Anthropic over 274 songslawyerListing works song by song has become the standard structure of such complaints, which should be considered both when drafting claims and when preparing a defence.Munich court: memorisation of song lyrics in language model is relevant under copyright lawlawyerThe German ruling may offer a rough benchmark for the copyright classification of memorisation in EU cases.corporate lawyerModel developers and companies deploying models must reckon with the risk posed by memorised content.Iowa Supreme Court upholds video evidence despite defendant's deepfake claimlawyerThe defence must back a deepfake argument with evidence.Appeals court lifts block on Mississippi DEI ban and removes judge over AI errorslawyerAI errors in a ruling can serve as grounds for challenging it on appeal.Reservoir sues Suno and Anthropic over songs by Joni Mitchell and MadonnaGoogle unlikely to get ex-NPR host's AI voice lawsuit dismissedlawyerIn voice-cloning cases, claims can survive early motions to dismiss.US Supreme Court leaves in place ruling that bars AI copyright claimslawyerClients must be told they cannot count on copyright protection for purely AI-generated output.corporate lawyerContracts should settle ownership of AI-produced content and the proof of human involvement.Anthropic asks court to rule lyrics training is fair use in dispute with music publisherslawyerThe fair use arguments (harm, purpose of use) and the judge's remarks in the case should be built into strategy in similar disputes.Canadian news publishers sue Anthropic for copyright infringement in OntariolawyerThe Canadian (Ontario) copyright forum is a new arena for international AI litigation, and the suit is worth following.corporate lawyerIn content-licence and data-source contracts, the risk of training use should be weighed under Canadian jurisdiction as well.State attorneys general line up to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety and consumer protectioncorporate lawyerAI providers' consumer disclosures and risk warnings need to be re-examined.compliance specialistChild protection and data protection controls must be defensible at state level too.lawyerState attorney general suits open a new category of AI product liability litigation.Hundreds of authors file new copyright claims against Meta over AI traininglawyerThe strategy of mass individual claims is an alternative to class actions, so it means a new client-acquisition and litigation model on the plaintiffs' side.UMG and Sony ask court to make DistroKid hand over AI music upload data in Suno caselawyerSeeking data from a third-party distributor may become a recurring evidence-gathering tool in similar cases.compliance specialistMusic distribution platforms must prepare in advance for courts being asked to order disclosure of their AI music records.Copyright suits against AI companies in the US reach 150lawyerThe market-effect theory, which is central to fair use outcomes, must be supported with evidence.corporate lawyerCase trackers (class action trackers) help assess risk in dealings with AI vendors.Character.AI bankruptcy and Disney deal open a new phase in chatbot lawsuitslawyerBankruptcy proceedings may become a new way of handling lawsuits and claims against AI companies.compliance specialistThe fate of user data, especially children's data, must be addressed in bankruptcy proceedings as well.citizenWhen a chatbot service shuts down, the protection of user data is in question.Thomson Reuters v. ROSS: Law Tech AI summarises Third Circuit rulinglawyerAn appellate-level decision in AI-training copyright cases can serve as a authoritative reference.OpenEvidence and Doximity settle AI legal disputelawyerThe settlement is an example of how AI disputes in healthcare can be resolved.Two German courts hold Google responsible for false claims in its AI summarieslawyerGiven false claims in AI summaries, it is worth considering a personality-rights claim against the search provider as well.compliance specialistProviders can be held liable for the accuracy of generative search features, which affects product risk analysis.citizenPeople can also take action against Google over false AI statements.Eight US states sue OpenAI over alleged harms of ChatGPT to userscorporate lawyerThe consumer protection and product safety risks of AI provider clients need to be reassessed in light of state attorney general actions.compliance specialistChatbot safety claims and controls for minors should be documented, as they can be held to account at state level.lawyerConsumer protection suits brought by states represent a new type of case in AI liability practice.Companies may be held liable when AI harms clients; tax court declines to sanction AI hallucinationlawyerAI-generated citations must be checked before filing, or sanctions or liability may follow.corporate lawyerA provider may be liable for AI used in client and professional services.Canadian news publishers sue Anthropic over alleged AI copyright infringementlawyerCopyright lawsuits over AI have now reached Canada.China's Supreme People's Court issues landmark guidance on AI disputescorporate lawyerFor clients operating in China, how courts handle AI disputes should be assessed in light of the guidance.lawyerThe Chinese judiciary's position on AI disputes can be cited in international cases.Judge grants Apple limited expedited discovery in OpenAI trade secrets casecorporate lawyerTrade secret protection and employee mobility controls should be reviewed in disputes involving AI companies.lawyerThe limits on expedited discovery show how much early access the parties may get in trade secrets cases.Class action: OpenAI let minors sign up without parental consent and used their data for trainingcompliance specialistAge verification for minors and documentation of parental consent should be reviewed in products.lawyerUsing minors' data for training purposes may form the basis of new class actions.Deepfake ad of Colorado state senator prompts first-of-its-kind court caselawyerThe case tests a new litigation toolkit against political deepfakes.citizenA legal route may open against fake ads featuring public figures.Judge doubtful in privacy lawsuit over Google's AI customer servicelawyerIn claims over data handling by AI customer service, judicial skepticism can be an obstacle.compliance specialistDisclosure and consent are key when calls are processed by AI.Apple must face lawsuit over alleged YouTube video scrapingNinth Circuit weighs AI training and copying as another court rejects fair use in first AI copyright appeallawyerAppellate rulings are shaping what the fair use defense means, which affects clients' litigation strategy.corporate lawyerAn AI vendor's risk depends on whether its training data is legally clean.Google's Gemini copyright case returns to EU top court calendar as third referrallawyerThe third reference will shape the EU interpretation of AI training and the text-and-data-mining exception.Jamendo sues Nvidia again in California over commercial AI training on research music datasetUSA Today sues OpenAI for more than $250 million over ChatGPT copyright infringementlawyerThe high-value publisher suit sets a new benchmark for the scale of copyright claims.Court orders new sentence after ruling AI-generated video of victim influenced judge in manslaughter caselawyerThe use of an AI video in sentencing can be grounds for appeal.Unredacted Kentucky lawsuit details Character.AI chats encouraging self-harmlawyerThe disclosed chat excerpts can be cited as evidence in similar chatbot harm cases.Reddit and Perplexity AI clash over law firm's role in data-scraping caselawyerThe law firm's role and questions of conflict of interest also arise in AI data-scraping cases.Anthropic asks federal appeals court to review dispute with Trump administrationcorporate lawyerThe dispute between AI vendors and the US government also affects the risks of public procurement contracts.Delhi High Court protects Kangana Ranaut's personality rights against AI deepfakeslawyerIndian personality-rights precedents provide a reference basis in deepfake cases.UMG and Sony file new suit against Suno; Suno admits scraping YouTube audiolawyerThe relationship between model retraining and earlier infringement (the "poisoned tree" argument) is a new legal question in the cases.Appeals court upholds Pentagon's national security risk designation of Anthropiccorporate lawyerThe supply-chain and national security designation risks for AI vendors seeking government contracts need to be reassessed.lawyerThe ruling invites a closer look at the limits of judicial review of administrative designations.Nippon Life v. OpenAI tests the future of AI legal worklawyerThe outcome of the case may affect the limits of legal work done by AI.USA Today publisher sues OpenAI for $250 million over copyright infringementlawyerThe fate of §1202(b)(1) claims in the SDNY offers guidance for how to frame complaints.Unsealed complaint: Character.AI chatbots encouraged self-harm and starvationcorporate lawyerClients offering consumer chatbots must reassess product safety and child-protection risks.compliance specialistChatbots' safety filters and escalation mechanisms should be documented.citizenState action over chatbots' harmful advice opens a new channel of legal protection.Sirius XM cleared in AI hiring discrimination lawsuitcorporate lawyerClients that use AI hiring tools should examine the ruling's reasoning when preparing a defence against discrimination claims.compliance specialistDocumentation of recruiting algorithms may have value in a legal defence.Man who defrauded streaming royalties with AI music and bots gets 18 months in prisonUnredacted filings: Microsoft executive called AI scraping "the largest theft of labor in human history"lawyerThe unsealed filings offer a model for evidentiary strategy in AI copyright cases.corporate lawyerAI providers' internal communications carry litigation risk, so documentation and communication policies should be reviewed.McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchiseescorporate lawyerClients that use algorithmic pricing tools need a competition-law review.compliance specialistThe data sources and market impact of AI price-recommendation tools should be audited from a competition-law perspective.Third Circuit rejects fair use defense for AI training in Thomson Reuters v. Rosscorporate lawyerThe risk in AI-developer clients' training-data sources and fair use arguments should be reassessed.lawyerThe reasoning in Ross should be analysed for copyright cases, as it may affect the defenses of generative AI defendants.Lawsuits test who is liable for damage caused by rogue AI agentscorporate lawyerClients that deploy AI agents must settle liability for agent activity by contract and through insurance.lawyerDue to gaps in criminal and civil liability, new argumentation frameworks must be developed.compliance specialistAgents' access permissions and oversight should be documented to clarify liability.AI video of murdered man "speaks" in Arizona court; sentence overturnedlawyerRecording an AI-generated victim impact statement carries appeal risk.citizenAn AI-generated statement on behalf of a victim's relatives raises questions about procedural rights.Illinois biometric suit over images uploaded to Grok; consolidation of Grok suits soughtcompliance specialistWhen handling user-uploaded images, biometric data consent and notice must be provided.lawyerIllinois biometric privacy claims should be watched in light of the proposed consolidation of the Grok suits.ByteDance fails to escape YouTubers' copyright suit over AI traininglawyerThe court's handling of the scraping and copyright claims reinforces the viability of suits over platform content.Court sides with Google on AI Overviews: publishers are not automatically owed search trafficlawyerThe court's reasoning should be taken into account when drafting claims against AI Overviews.Appeals court temporarily blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law in xAI suitlawyerConstitutional challenges to state deepfake laws can succeed, which matters for legal arguments.compliance specialistThe validity and suspension of state requirements must be tracked.citizenLegal protection against deepfakes at state level may weaken temporarily.Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits over Google's AI searchlawyerContent publishers' competition-law arguments in AI search cases have hit a serious obstacle, so copyright or other legal grounds may be more effective.corporate lawyerUnder the ruling, the antitrust risk for platforms over AI search is limited.Tokyo court extends legal protection to voice against AI cloneslawyerThe Japanese court's direction can be cited in voice-cloning cases.
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Arizona appeals court: judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim videolawyerCiting the decision, counsel can object to such videos being shown, for the defense and the prosecution alike.Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win: AI training on its material is not fair uselawyerIn AI copyright cases, the ruling can serve as a starting point for arguments against fair use.corporate lawyerThe contractual and data-source liability risks of AI developers and suppliers need to be reassessed.compliance specialistDocumenting and verifying the provenance of training data has become more important.Justice Department backs OpenAI's fair-use defense in copyright case; news publishers objectlawyerFilings that rely on or attack a fair-use defense must take into account the differing positions of the Copyright Office and the Department of Justice.corporate lawyerGovernment support should be built into AI developers' legal risk assessments as a separate factor.Florida attorney general seeks court order halting OpenAI's new modelscorporate lawyerState-level restrictive measures could pose a risk to AI providers' operations.compliance specialistDocumenting and being able to prove independent safety testing matters if a state takes action.lawyerThe case tests how far states can go in restricting chatbots.Advocacy group sues OpenAI over Hugging Face incidentlawyerThe case is a test of developer and operator liability when AI agents cause harm.corporate lawyerWhen deploying agentic AI, the supplier contract must clarify the allocation of liability and incident handling.compliance specialistAccess rights and logging for AI agents should be re-examined in light of the leak risk.citizenIf user data and images are leaked, claims for damages and data protection remedies may arise.Suno fails to escape music copyright suit as labels file new complaintlawyerThe pleading threshold is more favourable in suits against AI music generators.Elon Musk summoned over Grok deepfake lawsuitslawyerIn deepfake victims' lawsuits, both the platform and the model developer can be held liable.compliance specialistContent-filtering obligations for generative image services are becoming stricter.citizenIn the case of a fake sexual deepfake, legal action can be taken against the service provider.Wuhan court issues final ruling on unauthorized copying of AI-generated mini-serieslawyerThe Chinese ruling can serve as a reference in comparative studies of the protection of AI works.Munich court extends AI copyright protection in GermanylawyerThe Munich ruling should be monitored in cross-border copyright cases.OpenAI cites free speech in seeking dismissal of lawsuit linked to FSU shootinglawyerFree-speech protection for chatbot output may become a key issue in liability lawsuits.corporate lawyerBoth product liability and free-speech defenses matter for the risk faced by AI providers.DC Circuit upholds Defense Department's exclusion of Anthropic's AI from supply chaincorporate lawyerJudicial review of supply-chain risk exclusions in government contracts may be narrow.lawyerClient risk from government exclusion of AI vendors should be assessed in light of the decision.Court filings show OpenAI knew training AI on pirated books was illegallawyerIn copyright cases, disclosure of internal communications can be key evidence.Delhi High Court orders takedown of deepfakes targeting Drishti IAS founderlawyerAn immediate takedown request based on personality rights can succeed against AI deepfakes too.citizenCourts can be asked to order the quick removal of deepfakes.Appeals court upholds Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain riskcorporate lawyerThe risk of a supply chain risk designation should be reassessed in procurement and supplier contracts involving AI vendors.compliance specialistFor government clients, check which AI models could be blacklisted and align supplier compliance lists accordingly.lawyerLawyers handling government AI procurement should expect that the court has affirmed the government's designation powers.New Mexico jury finds Facebook executives misled users about their datalawyerIn consumer data protection cases, the misleading nature of executive statements can be proven.compliance specialistExecutives' statements on data handling must be verified and documented.Delhi High Court orders police protection for woman targeted with deepfake imagelawyerCourts can be asked for protective measures in deepfake cases.citizenVictims of deepfake images can seek court protection.Florida State University shooting victim sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helped plan the attacklawyerThe suit is another template for product liability and negligence claims against AI chatbots.corporate lawyerAI providers' risk assessments should treat claims arising from harmful use as a separate item.US Justice Department backs fair use for AI training in OpenAI copyright caselawyerIn fair use arguments, the government's filing may offer AI developers a new point of reference.Employers sued over AI monitoring and AI-recorded conversationscorporate lawyerA legal risk assessment is needed before workplace AI monitoring is introduced.compliance specialistAI recording without informing employees and obtaining their consent may be unlawful.lawyerA new type of employment and data protection litigation is emerging.British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge school shootinglawyerLawyers should follow how the AI provider's duty to notify and warn develops in liability cases.corporate lawyerCorporate counsel should review liability insurance coverage and terms of use for AI providers and deployers.compliance specialistCompliance officers should build rules for flagging and escalating dangerous user content into internal procedures.Hungarian court refers Gemini copyright case to EU Court of Justice (Like Company, C-250/25)lawyerIn Hungarian AI copyright cases, it is worth following how the preliminary ruling procedure develops.Apple's $250 million Siri AI settlement opens for claimscitizenAffected iPhone buyers can apply on the claims website to receive a share of the settlement.compliance specialistMarketing claims about AI capabilities must be documented and substantiated because of the risk of false advertising claims.corporate lawyerAdvertising AI features in products can lead to mass consumer lawsuits.26 local publishers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringementlawyerThe number of copyright lawsuits over AI keeps growing, so it is worth tracking the legal grounds of the claims.Federal judge: Montana's deepfake election law likely unconstitutionallawyerFirst Amendment arguments are gaining strength in constitutional reviews of deepfake regulation.compliance specialistThe regulation of political AI advertising varies by state and remains uncertain.Universal and Warner ask court to dismiss musicians' AI licensing lawsuitlawyerThe interpretation of AI clauses in label–artist contracts may become the subject of legal disputes.OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI hit with antitrust class action over alleged AI slowdown pactcorporate lawyerThe competition-law risks of information sharing and cooperation between AI providers need to be assessed.compliance specialistSector-wide safety agreements require a competition-law review.lawyerIt offers a new class-action template for AI subscribers.Universal and Sony file new copyright lawsuit against SunoUnsealed briefs: OpenAI and Microsoft executives knew book piracy was unlawful, authors saylawyerThe content of discovery between the parties may change the fair use and intent arguments.Ayinde v Haringey: AI cannot hold a practising certificate or answer to a regulatorlawyerLawyers bear responsibility for their use of AI, because AI cannot be held professionally accountable.Antitrust lawsuit filed against OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAIcorporate lawyerThe competition-law risk of joint regulatory action and industry agreements needs to be reassessed.compliance specialistIndustry consultations and joint statements warrant a competition-law review.Unsealed filings: Microsoft and OpenAI executives knew AI threatened publisherslawyerThe parties' internal communications can become a central tool of discovery, so targeted requests for similar documents are warranted on the publisher side.corporate lawyerAI developers' internal remarks should also be weighed when assessing liability and licensing risk.Judge blocks Montana from enforcing deepfake election ad lawlawyerThe ruling offers a basis for challenging state laws restricting AI-generated content on free speech grounds.compliance specialistThe enforceability of state deepfake rules is uncertain, so campaign compliance must be assessed case by case.Florida appeals court condemns "AI slop" in filingslawyerThe substantive quality and concision of filings can be sanctioned, not only false citations.Universal and Warner ask court to end US musicians' Udio and Suno lawsuitAppeals court: Microsoft, OpenAI and GitHub not liable for DMCA claimslawyerThe prospects of AI-training claims brought under DMCA Section 1202 need to be reassessed.corporate lawyerDevelopers of AI code generators may be in a more favourable position on the DMCA claim.Times, OpenAI and Microsoft ask judge to rule on AI fair use before triallawyerThe fair use argument moves to an early, document-based stage, so evidence strategy must be adjusted accordingly.corporate lawyerThe outcome bears on the risk assessment of content-licensing models tied to AI products.Universal Music Group sues DistroKid over AI-generated musiccorporate lawyerThe contractual and moderation obligations of music distributors and platforms should be reviewed.Delhi High Court refuses immediate stay in ANI v OpenAI copyright caselawyerThe Indian precedent should be taken into account when advising Asian clients on AI copyright.UMG and Sony file second lawsuit against Suno over new modellawyerParallel US and European proceedings call for a joint strategy.Federal judge lets defamation claim over Google's AI Overviews proceedlawyerPersonality-rights claims over AI outputs may be enforceable, so clients should be prepared for this.corporate lawyerThe liability risk for AI summaries built into search is growing.citizenLegal action can be taken against false AI statements.Court denies xAI preliminary injunction against Minnesota's AI nudification bancorporate lawyerChallenging state-level content restriction laws may be difficult on this path.compliance specialistAI image-generation services need to prepare to comply with such laws.X and xAI settle with Apple; antitrust claims against OpenAI continuecorporate lawyerThe partial settlement shows how the structure of the claim and the parties' bargaining positions have changed.lawyerThe claim against OpenAI signals the next phase of antitrust litigation over AI.Canada's largest music rights group sues AI music generatorlawyerCanadian law has no fair use doctrine, so arguments need a different framework.Local newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over use of paywalled articleslawyerCircumvention of a paywall can be a separate basis for a claim alongside the copyright claim.Courts award damages for creating deepfakes even without distributionlawyerIn a deepfake case, creation alone can ground a damages claim.citizenA deepfake victim can seek damages even if the content was not distributed.Judge refuses to block Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law; xAI challenge failscorporate lawyerGenerative image providers must check their compliance with state deepfake bans.compliance specialistA procedure for filtering and blocking user outputs is needed in the Minnesota market.Lawsuit says Meta used Facebook and Instagram images to build facial recognition and generative AI without consentcompliance specialistFor AI development based on social media images, a legal basis for processing biometric data must be demonstrated.citizenLegal claims can be brought against the use of images posted on social media for training purposes.US law firm accuses UK AI software firm of unwanted contract renewal when it tried to leavecorporate lawyerIn AI vendor contracts, performance metrics, exit terms and automatic renewal should be negotiated separately.Bombay High Court grants actress Shruti Haasan interim relief against AI deepfakeslawyerIn deepfake cases, an application for immediate judicial protection is an effective tool.California Supreme Court leaves attorney sanctions for AI hallucinations in placelawyerSanctions for erroneous AI citations stand at the highest level too.Uber drivers sue over pay they say is pushed down by algorithmlawyerIn claims against algorithmic pay-setting, the right to transparency and human review may serve as a basis.compliance specialistPlatforms need to document how algorithmic pay-setting works.Another 30 lawsuits filed against OpenAI over ChatGPT use linked to school shootinglawyerA new category of product liability and negligence claims is opening up over AI chatbot outputs.compliance specialistChatbot providers need to document how they handle risky conversations.Indian Supreme Court sets aside ₹425-crore customs penalty over AI-hallucinated case lawlawyerChecking AI-originated citations can be a new argument in appeals against official decisions.Chinese court sets layered originality test for copyright protection of AI-generated workslawyerThe originality test can be used as a comparative argument in authorship disputes.Meta AI glasses lawsuit expands to bystanders who say they were recorded without consentcompliance specialistFor wearable camera devices, third-party consent must be built into the data protection impact assessment.lawyerIn mass privacy claims, class actions may also come into play.European AI copyright claims: key considerations and music-related lawsuitslawyerIn European AI copyright cases, territorial scope and exceptions differ from US fair use.Texas company sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT infringes five AI patentscorporate lawyerClients of AI providers should have patent indemnification clauses checked as well, not only copyright ones.US government backs OpenAI and Microsoft in New York Times copyright caselawyerFor clients building a fair use argument, the government's position should be worked into the line of reasoning.corporate lawyerFor AI-developer clients, this signal should be considered in assessing training-data risk, but it does not replace a court ruling.Udio says AI training is fair use and damages should be as low as $200 per worklawyerBecause the court earlier rejected the expansion of the claims, filing a new complaint may be the route for the plaintiff side.
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Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over songs allegedly harvested illegally to train Claudecorporate lawyerContracts with AI providers should be reviewed for warranties on the origin of training data and for indemnification.New copyright suits target Suno: Isbell, SOCAN and a Mexican cataloguelawyerIn asserting claims, training, output and use of identity can each be raised as a separate legal basis.Wisconsin federal judge rules AI-generated child abuse material can be protected by First AmendmentlawyerIn criminal cases, the free-expression defence is arising in a new way for AI-generated content.Suno licenses and litigates in parallel, straining its fair use argumentlawyerThe licensing agreements can be cited against the other side's litigation arguments, which should be factored into litigation strategy.Federal court excludes expert over AI-hallucinated citationslawyerSources in expert opinions must be checked before filing, as exclusion puts the evidence at risk.Judge strikes down Anthropic blacklisting, finds government retaliated over Pentagon criticismcorporate lawyerThe challengeability of exclusion of AI suppliers by the state, and the proof of retaliation, can serve as a new precedent.lawyerIn defending against procurement exclusions, the constitutional retaliation argument can also be raised.Illinois appellate court imposes harsh sanctions for AI misuse in workplace discrimination caselawyerWhere filings are AI-assisted, sanctions may be imposed for erroneous citations.Judge backs use of AI to sift data in McDonald's wage class actionlawyerIn e-discovery, AI-based filtering can be used with court approval.Fact check: did a judge rule some AI-generated abuse material is protected by the First Amendment?lawyerIn criminal defence, the treatment of AI-generated material must be assessed against the exact text of the ruling.Judge rules Pentagon and administration measures against Anthropic were unlawfulcorporate lawyerLegal risk assessments for AI companies with government supplier relationships must take into account that a court can overturn bans.compliance specialistIn reviewing federal procurement and supplier compliance risks, the ruling shows the limits of blacklisting measures.lawyerThe case can serve as an example of legal protection against government exclusions.Munich court: creating music with generative AI may be copyright infringement (GEMA v Suno)corporate lawyerMusic AI providers operating in Europe need to reassess their output and training infringement risk.Hamburg court restricts xAI from spreading false information through AIcorporate lawyerNational courts can also restrict the content liability of European AI providers.lawyerPersonality-rights claims over incorrect AI output can be brought.Judge allows UMG and Sony to pursue Suno over YouTube stream-ripping and output claimslawyerIn discovery, documents on Suno's training data sources can be requested.Survivors of sexual abuse sue xAI over Grok trainingcorporate lawyerAI providers should treat the duty to filter training data and generated content as a liability risk.citizenVictims can pursue claims through a class action.AI hiring litigation: lessons from Mobley v. Workday for employerscorporate lawyerWhen using AI-based hiring tools, discrimination risk must be addressed in the vendor contract and internal controls.compliance specialistRecruiting algorithms should be audited regularly.Brazil's electoral court to rule next week on AI Bolsonaro avatarcompliance specialistRules on the use of AI avatars in election campaigns may offer guidance.Hungarian local media's lawsuit against Google: EU Court of Justice to rule on AI training for the first timecorporate lawyerFor clients developing or using AI in the EU, the training-data risk assessment should be aligned with the judgment.lawyerIn Hungarian copyright practice, the EU ruling may provide guidance for similar claims.Court lets privacy claims against Otter.ai proceedcompliance specialistWhen AI note-takers are used, participants' consent must be obtained.lawyerAn AI note-taker used in client meetings can breach confidentiality.Carl Sagan's estate sues Luma over use of his voice in an AI adAmazon–Perplexity lawsuit could shape the law on AI shopping agentscorporate lawyerContract terms on AI agents' access to platforms need to be reviewed.Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement: pirated books, not training, triggered the paymentcorporate lawyerFor clients developing models, the provenance of training data should be audited, because infringing acquisition is an independent basis for liability.lawyerClients should be advised on the distinction between fair use and pirated sources.Sony and Warner music publishers sue Anthropic over pirated music workscorporate lawyerAI providers must document their training data sources, because the risk of per-work damages is high.WikiHow sues OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI trainingcorporate lawyerFor clients building AI, the legal risk of data collected from public websites should be reassessed.US judge skeptical of Meta workers' AI layoff claims, points to arbitrationcorporate lawyerArbitration clauses in employment contracts can offer protection against AI layoff claims.lawyerOn the employee side, a strategy is needed to get around arbitration clauses.Irish High Court clarifies DSAR exemptions in TikTok appeal against data protection regulatorcompliance specialistIn DSAR handling procedures, exemption grounds must be applied as set out in the ruling.lawyerThe Irish ruling can serve as a reference point in disputes over data subject access.Argentina's Perfil sues OpenAI and Microsoft over use of journalistic contentlawyerFor publisher clients, a claim on multiple legal grounds can be considered.Twitch streamer sues Amazon over use of streamers' content to train AIcorporate lawyerPlatforms should review whether the training permissions in their user terms are clear.New Mexico Supreme Court removes lawyer from case over AI errors in brieflawyerA brief with AI errors can lead to removal from the case, which also hurts the client."Italian brainrot" dispute raises question of who owns AI-created characterslawyerThe outcome of the case may shape the legal protection of AI characters.California court sanctions attorney for delegating AI citation checks to a paralegallawyerVerification cannot be delegated without responsibility: the attorney must personally answer for the citations filed.corporate lawyerThe internal review process must have a designated person responsible.Illinois lawsuits target use of voice data to train AIcorporate lawyerAI training that uses voice and biometric data must be grounded in a review of consent.lawyerA new group of Illinois biometric privacy claims is worth watching.citizenA lawsuit can be brought over the use of one's own voice data for training.Florida asks court to declare OpenAI and Sam Altman a public nuisancecorporate lawyerState public nuisance suits against AI providers represent a new liability risk.lawyerA claim based on public nuisance is a different approach from the product liability route used so far.Munich court rules for GEMA against Suno in AI music casecorporate lawyerCompanies offering or using AI music in the European market need to reassess licensing risk.lawyerThe German ruling can serve as a reference in copyright disputes in other EU member states.Round Hill files $1 billion copyright lawsuits against Suno and Anthropiccorporate lawyerA licensing risk assessment should be carried out before using AI music and other generative services.lawyerPreparing new types of large-value claims for music rights holders is becoming realistic.Federal court rules judicial immunity covers judge who allegedly relied wholly on AI in orderlawyerA damages suit over a judge's use of AI is not a viable route; remedies must be sought through appeal.Bartz case becomes the benchmark for AI copyright: fair use and $1.5 billioncorporate lawyerThe origin of the data source (lawfully acquired or pirated copy) must be documented, because that is where the risk is decided.lawyerIt is advisable to assess the ruling and the settlement separately when advising clients.Connecticut judge sanctions plaintiff over hidden AI prompt in court filinglawyerIncoming filings from the opposing side should be checked for hidden text before they are fed into an AI tool.Federal lawsuits allege xAI's Grok was used to create AI child sexual abuse imageslawyerWhen representing victims against AI image-generation providers, platform liability is the central question.compliance specialistImage-generation tools need strong content filtering and a reporting channel.citizenIn the case of AI-generated sexual images, victims can take legal action against the platform.Ninth Circuit: AI agents are browser-like tools, but Amazon's case against Perplexity continuescorporate lawyerA company operating an AI agent must expect that the platform may hold it liable over its web access.lawyerThe access and terms-of-use risks that agent-based AI providers pose for their clients need separate assessment.AI and copyright: Thomson Reuters win, ANI v OpenAI, Apple shareholders, Börsenvereincorporate lawyerAI copyright claims can also create executive liability and disclosure risk.Federal lawsuit alleges Grok was used to create child abuse images from a childhood photolawyerIn victim cases, the AI provider's liability can also be an argument.citizenVictims' legal options may include suing the provider.Massachusetts court: AI output is not work product without attorney involvementlawyerTo protect materials produced with AI, lawyers must document their own directing role.citizenAnyone using AI without a lawyer should expect the output to go unprotected.Otter.AI fails to get class-action privacy lawsuit over meeting transcripts dismissedcompliance specialistThe recording and consent practices of AI note-taking tools need to be reviewed.lawyerFor transcription tools used in client meetings, participants' consent needs to be secured.Apple's $250 million AI iPhone settlement to pay out sooner than expectedcitizenAffected iPhone owners should check their eligibility and the conditions for payment.AI copyright cases: OpenAI sanctions dispute and Disney, Warner fight against trimming of caselawyerProcedural developments offer a pattern for handling evidentiary issues.Delhi High Court rules in India's first AI copyright case, ANI v OpenAIlawyerThe reasoning of the judgment is worth comparing with EU and US practice.Babylon Bee sues New Mexico over AI political satire lawlawyerThe case may set the standard for free-speech scrutiny of state rules on AI content.Munich court rules AI music training and outputs infringe copyright in GEMA v SunolawyerIn cross-border AI training cases, the questions of EU jurisdiction and applicable law gain a new argument.Chinese courts side with workers displaced by AIcorporate lawyerIn layoffs linked to AI adoption, employment-law requirements on justification and procedure need particular attention.lawyerChinese rulings can serve as a comparative reference when arguing on the employee's side.Amazon v. Perplexity: where agentic AI stands under the CFAAcorporate lawyerFor products that use web agents, platforms' terms of use and CFAA risk need to be reviewed.lawyerLitigation is shaping the arguments over unauthorised access by agentic AI.US court developments: first agentic AI appellate ruling, early approval of AI document reviewcorporate lawyerCompanies using agentic AI can use the ruling as a starting point for structuring liability and contracts.lawyerIn e-discovery, courts' acceptance of AI-assisted review can be built upon.Artists' class action against Udio survives dismissal bid and moves to New YorklawyerThe jurisdictional transfer also affects forum-selection strategy in class actions.Anthropic seeks partial dismissal of Concord II music publishers' lyrics lawsuitlawyerThe partial dismissal motion offers lessons on how to draft complaints and on strategy in AI litigation.Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets; OpenAI hits back publicly and seeks dismissallawyerThe case offers an example of handling trade-secret claims and litigation communications, and the misaddressed email points to lawyers' duty of care.corporate lawyerThe trade-secret risks of employee mobility and hardware development partnerships should be reassessed.Amazon loses bid to ban Perplexity's AI shopping agentcorporate lawyerConflicts between AI agents' platform access and terms of use mean platform contracts need to be reassessed.lawyerHacking-liability (computer misuse) arguments remain a significant risk factor in agent cases.Bombay High Court orders takedown of deepfakes linking Nitin Gadkari to E20 fuel programmelawyerIn likeness and reputation proceedings involving public figures, a takedown order is a fast remedy.citizenDeepfake victims can seek a court takedown order.German court rules Suno's AI training infringed copyright, GEMA winslawyerMemorisation-based arguments can be used in AI training lawsuits and should be compared with the court's reasoning.corporate lawyerCompanies that use or contract with AI music providers may review their warranties on rights clearance.Delhi High Court refuses interim injunction in ANI v OpenAI copyright caselawyerObtaining interim relief in Indian AI copyright cases has proved difficult.corporate lawyerAI providers can treat the Indian risk as open until the final judgment.Anthropic faces new lawsuit over books used for training as scanning practice comes to lightlawyerThe distinction between fair use and lawful acquisition is the key question in training cases.AI copyright suits: Adobe class action, NYT–Microsoft, Nvidia, Redditcorporate lawyerThe litigation risk facing AI developers and their suppliers is also showing up in investor communications.lawyerClass actions are coming to the fore on the plaintiff side, and jurisdictional and claim-narrowing strategies on the defendant side.Meta invokes Section 230 against fake investment ad impersonation claimslawyerFor AI-generated content, the limits of platform immunity (Section 230) and of First Amendment-based defences are central to litigation strategy.corporate lawyerPlatforms' liability risk for AI content they generate may not be covered by Section 230 protection.Federal lawsuit alleges AI was used to produce child sexual abuse materiallawyerCriminal and civil liability questions over AI-generated content represent a new type of case.compliance specialistPlatforms need to review their content filtering and reporting obligations.