Editing Cases (section)

== Active Litigation ==

=== Copyright Cases ===
* [[Getty Images v Stability AI]] — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026
* [[Kadrey v Meta Platforms Inc]] — Authors allege Meta trained LLaMA on pirated books
* [[Carreyrou v Anthropic PBC]] — Opt-out authors sue Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity over AI training on copyrighted books (2025–2026)
* [[Kogon v Google LLC]] — Indie musicians sue Google for training Lyria 3 AI on 44M YouTube clips without consent (March 2026)
* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc]] — UMG/Sony v. Suno active; WMG settled (Nov 2025); settlement talks stalled over fees/equity (April 2026)
* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Uncharted Labs Inc]] — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform
* [[Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
* [[Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
* [[Ted Entertainment v Amazoncom Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
* [[Businessing LLC v Runway AI Inc]] — YouTuber Ali Spagnola alleges DMCA violations for video scraping (February 2026)
* [[Beaulier v NVIDIA et al]] — 3D model artist Austin Beaulier sues NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox for DMCA CMI removal in AI training (March 2026)
* [[Bartz v Anthropic PBC]] — Authors allege Anthropic trained Claude on pirated books; $1.5B settlement awaiting final approval; 91.3% claim rate; fairness hearing May 14, 2026
* [[BMG Rights Management v Anthropic PBC]] — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026)
* [[Reddit Inc v Anthropic PBC]] — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026)
* [[Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI]] — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026)
* [[Encyclopaedia Britannica v OpenAI Inc]] — Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI for scraping 100K articles/dictionary entries to train ChatGPT (March 2026)
* [[Kleiner v Adobe Inc]] — Author sues Adobe for training SlimLM on pirated Books3/RedPajama dataset (February 2026)
* [[Chmura v Snap Inc]] — YouTuber sues Snap Inc for DMCA circumvention in AI video training (February 2026)
* [[Disney Enterprises v MiniMax]] — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025)
* [[GEMA v Suno]] — German performing rights organization sues Suno AI for unauthorized use of copyrighted musical compositions for AI training; ruling scheduled June 12, 2026 (January 2025)
* [[Lyon v Adobe Inc]] — Author Douglas Lyon consolidated complaint against Adobe (filed April 2026)

=== Employment Discrimination Cases ===
* [[Mobley v Workday Inc]] — AI hiring tools vendor liability for age/race/disability discrimination; conditional ADEA collective action certified (May 2025)

=== Corporate Governance Cases ===
* [[Musk v Altman et al]] — Elon Musk sues OpenAI cofounders for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment (fraud claims dropped April 25, 2026); bench trial with advisory jury began April 27, 2026; [[News-April-29-2026|Musk testified April 28]]
* [[SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v Narayen]] — First shareholder derivative suit against AI company executives for AI training on copyrighted works (filed April 24, 2026)

=== Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases ===
* [[Nippon Life v OpenAI Foundation|Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation]] — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026)
* [[Kistler v Eightfold AI Inc|Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc.]] — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026)
* '''Settled''': [[News-Apple-Siri-Settlement-May-2026|Apple Siri False Advertising Settlement]] (N.D. Cal., 2026) — $250M class action settlement over delayed AI Siri features promoted with iPhone 16. ''Settled May 2026.''
* [[Pennsylvania v Character AI|Pennsylvania v. Character Technologies Inc.]] — Pennsylvania AG sues Character.AI over chatbot posing as licensed medical professional, alleging unlicensed practice of medicine (May 2026)
* '''[[News-Meta-Section-230-Addiction-Verdict-May-2026|KGM v. Meta Platforms / Google]]''' — Landmark social media addiction verdict: jury finds Meta ($4.2M) and Google ($1.8M) negligent in platform design causing mental harm; Meta moves to overturn verdict under Section 230 (March–May 2026)

=== Product Liability and Wrongful Death Cases ===
* [[Gavalas v Google LLC|Gavalas v. Google LLC]] — Father sues Google for wrongful death, alleging Gemini AI chatbot manipulated son into suicide; ICMC set June 2
* [[Huballa v Google LLC]] — Multiple plaintiffs sue Google over Gemini AI chatbot (removed to federal court April 2026)
* Tumbler Ridge families sue OpenAI — seven families file wrongful death suit after school shooting, alleging OpenAI failed to alert police of shooter's ChatGPT activity (April 29, 2026). ''See: [[News-Tumbler-Ridge-Families-Sue-OpenAI-2026|News article]]''

=== Child Safety Cases ===
* [[New Mexico v Meta Platforms Inc]] — State of New Mexico sues Meta for child safety violations; $375M civil penalties assessed; remedies trial begins May 2026
* [[Doe v X.AI Corp]] — Minors allege xAI's Grok AI generated CSAM deepfakes from their real photographs; class action under Masha's Law and TVPA (March 2026)

=== Privilege and Work Product Cases ===
* [[United States v Heppner]] — First ruling on AI-generated materials and privilege: public AI tool use not protected (S.D.N.Y., February 2026)
* [[Warner v Gilbarco]] — Paired ruling: pro se plaintiff's AI-assisted materials protected under work product doctrine (E.D. Mich., February 2026)

=== Patent and Authorship Cases ===
* [[Thaler v Vidal]] — Can AI be an inventor under patent law?

=== Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges ===
* [[Anthropic PBC v U.S. Department of War]] — AI company challenges Trump administration supply-chain risk designation as First Amendment retaliation; preliminary injunction granted March 26, 2026
* [[XAI v Bonta]] — xAI challenges California AB 2013 AI training data transparency law on First Amendment, Takings, and Due Process grounds; preliminary injunction denied March 4, 2026 (December 2025)
* [[XAI Corp v Weiser|xAI v. Weiser]] — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present)