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Federal judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement of copyright lawsuit
A federal judge signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude.
X, major music labels end dispute end copyright dispute
X Corp and major music publishers including Universal Music Group and Sony Music have agreed to dismiss their copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts.
Taylor Swift defeats Florida poet’s plagiarism lawsuit
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing pop megastar Taylor Swift of plagiarizing phrases from a Florida woman's poems for more than a dozen songs.
Defense avoids $21M demand after client accused of stealing intellectual property
The defense wins a trade secrets lawsuit as jury rejects Sun Solar's $12M trial claim after a $21M pretrial demand and awards abuse of process damages.
LDS church sues to stop excommunicated podcaster from using ‘Mormon’ label
The LDS church sues the "Mormon Stories" podcast over use of the term Mormon, raising trademark, free speech and religious branding disputes in court.
SCOTUS News: Drugmaker’s ‘induced infringement’ suit comes up short
The Supreme Court ruled generic drug labeling alone cannot support patent inducement claims without clear, affirmative steps encouraging infringement.
Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training
Publishers including Elsevier and Hachette sued Meta in Manhattan federal court for using their works without permission to train AI model Llama.
SCOTUS boots $1B verdict against internet service provider
The Supreme Court rules Cox not liable for users’ copyright infringement, limiting contributory liability for ISPs in Sony Music case.
Supreme Court finds internet service providers not liable for users’ pirated music
The Supreme Court ruled that internet service providers like Cox Communications are not liable for users’ illegal music downloads unless they induce infringement.
Kansas federal judge penalizes 5 attorneys for AI-generated brief with made-up cases
A Kansas federal judge imposed penalties upon attorneys responsible for mistakenly submitting a brief containing falsehoods created by artificial intelligence.
Reddit sues Perplexity, others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments
The social media platform has sued Perplexity AI, Oxylabs, SerpApi, and AWMProxy, accusing them of unlawfully scraping Reddit's user data to train AI chatbots for profit.
Powerhouse attorney Robert B. Barnett, known for representing the Obamas and Clintons, dies
The Washington attorney who brokered book deals for Barack Obama, George W. Bush and dozens of other government leaders has died at age 79.
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