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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Judge Certifies Authors’ Copyright Class Action Against Anthropic

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On July 17, 2025, US District Court Judge William Alsup approved a class certification against Anthropic for copyright infringement. According to Judge Alsup, it will be straightforward for the entire class to prove harm...more

Hogan Lovells

Rapid fire fair use decisions suggest AI training is permissible -- sometimes

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In back-to-back decisions out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, two federal judges have concluded that the use of copyrighted works to train AI can constitute fair use—at least under certain...more

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District Court Issues AI Fair Use Decision: Using Copyrighted Works To Train AI Models Is Fair Use, but Using “Pirated” Copies To...

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A federal district court in San Francisco ruled that training AI models with copyright-protected works is fair use. On June 23, 2025, Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic did not infringe the books of three authors used...more

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Recent Trends in Generative Artificial Intelligence Litigation in the United States

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Although still in their infancy, a growing number of recently-filed lawsuits associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) training practices, products, and services have provided a meaningful first look into how US...more

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Artists v. AI Images

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AI technology is developing at a tremendous pace and AI image creation is no exception. AI images are even winning art contests. Since AI generates artistic images modeling others’ work, human artists are asking “is it...more

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Transforming Works: The Second Circuit Rules That the Google Library Project Digitization Is a Transformative Fair Use in Authors...

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On October 16, 2015, the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling in Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc., 954 F. Supp. 2d 282 (S.D.N.Y. 2013), previously reported here, that Google’s digitization of complete...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Decision

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Google's digitization of books for use in its Google Books and Google Books Library Project is not copyright infringement. The Court also ruled that providing a public...more

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