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Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta Platforms — Judge Lee denies Meta’s motion to dismiss adult video producer’s copyright suit, N.D. Cal. Decision Carreyrou v. Anthropic — Judge Pitts severs 5 AI companies from Carreyrou’s omnibus suit; only claim v. Anthropic survives, N.D. Cal. Order American Fed. of Musicians v. Warner Music Group et al. — Musicians union sues Warner, Universal over AI use of recorded performances; CBA violation claimed, 1:26-cv-04760 Filing Cognella v. Anthropic PBC — Judge Lin stays case pending Judge Pitts' decision on severance in Carreyrou v. Anthropic Order In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation — Magistrate Judge threatens sanctions against OpenAI for failing to produce Musk v. Altman deposition exhibits Order UK Competition & Markets Authority — Orders Google to allow publishers “to opt out of their content being used to power AI features in Google search” News Pres. Trump — Issues Executive Order on voluntary review of frontier models News CNN v. Perplexity AI — CNN sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, 1:26-cv-04427, S.D.N.Y. Filing Pope Leo XIV — Issues encyclical on artificial intelligence News Disney v. MiniMax — Court denies MiniMax's motion to dismiss Disney complaint — Judge Blumenfeld, Jr. Order Hobbs v. Meta, Zuckerberg, Pineau & Lample — New copyright suit filed in S.D.N.Y. Filing Gardner v. Runway AI — Court orders transfer to S.D.N.Y. at parties' request Order Lehrman v. Lovo — Hearing postponed due to Lovo bankruptcy filing News Justice v. Uncharted Labs — Court dismisses two of Tony Justice's claims Decision In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation — Judge orders OpenAI to turn over depositions of Altman, Brockman & Nadella from Musk v. Altman lawsuit Order Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence — Third Circuit announces panel for oral argument, June 11 Hearing Bartz v. Anthropic — Court rejects related case designation for Chicken Soup for the Soul & Cognella suits Order Tanzer v. Adobe — Molly Tanzer sues Adobe; proposed class action filed N.D. Cal. Filing 114 AI copyright suits now tracked in the US — CNN v. Perplexity filed May 28 Kwon, Lee, Nazario et al. v. Anthropic — R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee & other authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement Filing Carreyrou v. OpenAI — Motions to sever to be granted Hearing Musk v. Altman — Jury decides: Elon Musk's claims barred by statute of limitations Decision Bartz v. Anthropic — Final approval hearing completed Hearing Cruz v. Anthropic — Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers & others sue Anthropic Filing Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA — Plaintiffs file opposition to motion to dismiss Filing Disney v. MiniMax — Hearing on Motion to Dismiss, May 29 at 8:30AM — Judge Blumenfeld, Jr., C.D. Cal., Courtroom 6C Hearing Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta Platforms — Judge Lee denies Meta’s motion to dismiss adult video producer’s copyright suit, N.D. Cal. Decision Carreyrou v. Anthropic — Judge Pitts severs 5 AI companies from Carreyrou’s omnibus suit; only claim v. Anthropic survives, N.D. Cal. Order American Fed. of Musicians v. Warner Music Group et al. — Musicians union sues Warner, Universal over AI use of recorded performances; CBA violation claimed, 1:26-cv-04760 Filing Cognella v. Anthropic PBC — Judge Lin stays case pending Judge Pitts' decision on severance in Carreyrou v. Anthropic Order In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation — Magistrate Judge threatens sanctions against OpenAI for failing to produce Musk v. Altman deposition exhibits Order UK Competition & Markets Authority — Orders Google to allow publishers “to opt out of their content being used to power AI features in Google search” News Pres. Trump — Issues Executive Order on voluntary review of frontier models News CNN v. Perplexity AI — CNN sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, 1:26-cv-04427, S.D.N.Y. Filing Disney v. MiniMax — Court denies MiniMax's motion to dismiss Disney complaint — Judge Blumenfeld, Jr. Order Hobbs v. Meta, Zuckerberg, Pineau & Lample — New copyright suit filed in S.D.N.Y. Filing Gardner v. Runway AI — Court orders transfer to S.D.N.Y. at parties' request Order Lehrman v. Lovo — Hearing postponed due to Lovo bankruptcy filing News Justice v. Uncharted Labs — Court dismisses two of Tony Justice's claims Decision In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation — Judge orders OpenAI to turn over depositions of Altman, Brockman & Nadella from Musk v. Altman lawsuit Order Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence — Third Circuit announces panel for oral argument, June 11 Hearing Bartz v. Anthropic — Court rejects related case designation for Chicken Soup for the Soul & Cognella suits Order Tanzer v. Adobe — Molly Tanzer sues Adobe; proposed class action filed N.D. Cal. Filing 114 AI copyright suits now tracked in the US — CNN v. Perplexity filed May 28 Kwon, Lee, Nazario et al. v. Anthropic — R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee & other authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement Filing Carreyrou v. OpenAI — Motions to sever to be granted Hearing Musk v. Altman — Jury decides: Elon Musk's claims barred by statute of limitations Decision Bartz v. Anthropic — Final approval hearing completed Hearing Cruz v. Anthropic — Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers & others sue Anthropic Filing Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA — Plaintiffs file opposition to motion to dismiss Filing Disney v. MiniMax — Hearing on Motion to Dismiss, May 29 at 8:30AM — Judge Blumenfeld, Jr., C.D. Cal., Courtroom 6C Hearing
Today in AI Litigation — Curated daily · Sources: CourtListener, PACER
Total US cases
115
+9 this month
New cases filed this week
0
 
Latest docket activity
Tanzer v. Adobe
Designated related to Lyon v. Adobe; case reassigned to Judge Scott Corley, N.D. Cal.
Jun. 2026 · N.D. Cal. · Judge Scott Corley
Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta Platforms
Judge Lee denies Meta’s motion to dismiss adult video producer’s copyright suit
Jun. 10, 2026 · N.D. Cal. · Judge Eumi K. Lee
Kadrey v. Meta
Plaintiffs move for leave to file interlocutory appeal of Judge Chhabria’s summary judgment order re: downloading from shadow libraries
Jun. 8, 2026 · N.D. Cal. · Judge Chhabria
Carreyrou v. Anthropic
Judge Pitts severs 5 AI companies from Carreyrou’s omnibus suit — only the claim against Anthropic survives, N.D. Cal.
Jun. 7, 2026 · N.D. Cal. · Judge Pitts
Disney v. MiniMax
Defendants file Answer and Counterclaims
Jun. 5, 2026 · C.D. Cal. · Judge Blumenfeld, Jr.
American Fed. of Musicians v. Warner Music Group et al.
Musicians union sues Warner Music Group & Universal Music Group over AI use of recorded performances — CBA violation, 1:26-cv-04760
Jun. 5, 2026 · S.D.N.Y.
Cognella v. Anthropic PBC
Judge Lin stays case pending Judge Pitts' decision on severance in Carreyrou v. Anthropic
Jun. 4, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
CNN v. Perplexity AI
Complaint filed — CNN sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, 1:26-cv-04427
May 28, 2026 · S.D.N.Y.
Disney v. MiniMax
Court denies MiniMax's motion to dismiss Disney complaint
May 22, 2026 · C.D. Cal. · Judge Blumenfeld, Jr.
Hobbs v. Meta, Zuckerberg, Pineau & Lample
Complaint filed — new copyright suit against Meta & Zuckerberg
May 22, 2026 · S.D.N.Y.
Gardner v. Runway AI
Court orders transfer to S.D.N.Y. at parties' request
May 22, 2026 · C.D. Cal.
Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Third Circuit panel announced for June 11 oral argument
May 21, 2026 · 3d Cir.
In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation
Judge orders OpenAI to turn over depositions of Altman, Brockman & Nadella from Musk v. Altman lawsuit
May 21, 2026 · S.D.N.Y.
Justice v. Uncharted Labs
Court dismisses two of Tony Justice's claims
May 21, 2026 · S.D.N.Y.
Bartz v. Anthropic
Court rejects related case designation for Chicken Soup for the Soul & Cognella suits
May 20, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
Tanzer v. Adobe
Complaint filed — Molly Tanzer & others sue Adobe; proposed class action
May 18, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
Poseidon Wave Media v. Suno
Complaint filed — copyright infringement suit against AI music generator
May 12, 2026 · S.D.N.Y. · Judge Castel
Kwon, Lee, Nazario et al. v. Anthropic
Complaint filed — R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez, Brian Merchant & other book authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement
May 15, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
Bartz v. Anthropic
Order following final approval hearing — parties asked to file additional submissions by May 21
May 14, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
Cruz v. Anthropic
Complaint filed — Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers & others
May 13, 2026 · N.D. Cal.
Calendar of notable items
Jun
17
Hearing
Advance Loc. Media v. Cohere — Discovery status conference on 3 disputes
N.D. Cal. · Mag. Judge Wang · 11:00 AM
Jun
23
Hearing
Chicken Soup v. Anthropic — Case Management Conference
N.D. Cal. · Judge Gilliam · 2:00 PM PT · via Zoom
Jun
26
Deadline
Ted Entm't v. Meta — Meta's Reply in Supp. of Motion to Dismiss
N.D. Cal.
Jun
26
Deadline
Elsevier v. Meta — Meta files motion to transfer to N.D. Cal.
S.D.N.Y. · Judge Castel
Jun
29
Deadline
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation — Motions for summary judgment due
N.D. Cal. · Judge Breyer
Jul
1
Hearing
Tanzer v. Adobe — Initial Case Management Conference
N.D. Cal. · Judge Corley · 2:00 PM PT · via Zoom
Jul
9
Hearing
Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA — Motion to dismiss & Case Management Conference
N.D. Cal. · Judge Davila · 9:00 AM
Jul
13
Deadline
Elsevier v. Meta — Elsevier’s opposition to motion to transfer venue
S.D.N.Y. · Judge Castel
Jul
20
Deadline
Elsevier v. Meta — Meta’s reply in support of motion to transfer venue
S.D.N.Y. · Judge Castel
Aug
3
Hearing
Poseidon Wave Media v. Suno — Initial Pretrial Conference
S.D.N.Y. · Judge Castel · 10:00 AM · Call-In: 855-244-8681; Code: 2305 810 3970#
Aug
6
Hearing
Ted Entm't v. Meta — Hearing on Meta's Motion to Dismiss
N.D. Cal.
Aug
11
Deadline
Tanzer v. Adobe — Joint Case Management Statement due
N.D. Cal. · Judge Corley
Aug
18
Hearing
Tanzer v. Adobe — Case Management Conference
N.D. Cal. · Judge Corley · 2:00 PM PT · via Zoom
Aug
20
Hearing
James v. Cerebras Systems — Motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint
N.D. Cal. · Judge Martínez-Olguín
Oct
16
Deadline
In re OpenAI Infringement Litigation — SJ reply briefs due
S.D.N.Y. · Judge Stein
Oct
21
Hearing
Concord Music v. Anthropic — SJ hearing
N.D. Cal. · Judge Lee
Oct
30
Hearing
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation — SJ hearing
N.D. Cal. · Judge Breyer · 10:00 AM
Dec
4
Deadline
Nazemian, Dubus v. NVIDIA — SJ reply briefs due
N.D. Cal. · Judge Tigar