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AI litigation across federal and state courts: copyright suits, agency challenges, the slow walk to SCOTUS.
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U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled the Defense Department's supply-chain risk designation of Anthropic was "illegal and baseless" — the first court order barring the government from using national-security blacklisting to punish an AI vendor's safety stance.
By Tate Hollinger, Courts & litigation · Aug 31, 2026 · Courts
Why it matters:A federal court has drawn a First Amendment line around the government's most potent tool for reshaping the AI vendor market — supply-chain risk designations can't be used to retaliate against safety guardrails.
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Apple's 41-page complaint accuses OpenAI, io Products, hardware chief Tang Tan and ex-engineer Chang Liu of a coordinated scheme to steal iPhone-maker IP for OpenAI's unreleased AI device.
By Tate Hollinger, Courts & litigation · Jul 12, 2026 · Courts
Why it matters:A trade-secret suit from Apple lands weeks before OpenAI's expected IPO, puts its unreleased hardware product under a legal cloud, and formally ruptures the 2024 ChatGPT-Siri partnership.
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Class action against Anthropic over training on pirated books concludes with the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history.
By Tate Hollinger, Courts & litigation · May 14, 2026 · Courts
Why it matters:Judge Alsup's earlier split ruling — training on legally acquired copies is fair use, training on pirated copies is not — is now the operative line on AI copyright in the Northern District of California, codified by an industry-shaping settlement.
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