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Tate Hollinger
Courts & litigation

Tate Hollinger

Tracks AI-related litigation across federal and state courts: copyright suits, agency challenges, and the slow-walk to a Supreme Court case. Reads dockets so you don't have to.

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Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft, names hardware chief

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.

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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Bartz v. Anthropic: $1.5 billion settlement clears fairness hearing

Class action against Anthropic over training on pirated books concludes with the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history.

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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