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Case Directory

Copyright Cases

Books and publishing

• Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Google LLC (S.D.N.Y.) — Publishers and Scott Turow allege Google used copyrighted books and articles to train Gemini AI models.
• Elsevier Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Proposed publisher-and-author class action alleging Meta used copyrighted works from books, journals, and textbooks to train Llama.
• Kadrey v. Meta Platforms Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Authors allege Meta trained LLaMA on pirated books.
• Cambronne, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Originally filed as Carreyrou; copyright action against Anthropic following severance of claims against other defendants.
• Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Authors’ copyright class action concerning books used to train Claude; settlement received final approval July 20, 2026.
• Kleiner v. Adobe Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Author sues Adobe for training SlimLM on pirated Books3/RedPajama dataset (February 2026).
• Lyon v. Adobe Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Author Elizabeth Lyon challenges Adobe’s use of books in AI training; consolidated with Kleiner.

Journalism, reference works, and online content

• The Seattle Times Company and Newsday LLC v. OpenAI Inc. et al. (S.D.N.Y.) — The Seattle Times Company and Newsday LLC allege that OpenAI and Microsoft copied their journalism for generative-AI training and outputs without permission; copyright, DMCA, and trademark claims were filed September 4, 2026.
• ANI Media Pvt Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc. (Delhi H.C., India) — ANI alleges OpenAI used its news reports for ChatGPT training; the Delhi High Court denied interim relief on July 24, 2026 after prima facie findings favoring OpenAI.
• Brave Software, Inc. v. News Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — Brave seeks a declaration that its publisher-content practices are lawful; News Corp counterclaims that Brave scraped and resold copyrighted articles to AI companies.
• CNN v. Perplexity AI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — CNN alleges Perplexity copied and distributed CNN stories, videos, images, and other works without authorization (May 2026).
• Reddit Inc. v. Anthropic PBC (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026).
• Gracenote Media Services v. OpenAI (S.D.N.Y.) — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026).
• Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Reference publishers’ copyright action; stayed April 21, 2026 pending summary-judgment rulings in other active MDL cases.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Reference publishers’ copyright and trademark action; September 2, 2026 order partly grants additional AI-data discovery.
• wikiHow, Inc. v. OpenAI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — wikiHow alleges OpenAI copied 11,211 how-to articles for model training, retrieval-augmented generation, and ChatGPT outputs without permission or payment (filed August 21, 2026).

Music and lyrics

• SOCAN v. Suno Inc. (Fed. Ct., Can.) — Canada’s music-rights organization alleges that Suno infringes performing rights by generating and streaming outputs that replicate songs in SOCAN’s repertoire; the Federal Court of Canada action was filed September 2, 2026.
• Sony Music Publishing et al. v. Anthropic PBC et al. (N.D. Cal.) — Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and affiliated publishers allege Anthropic copied protected lyrics and sheet music through torrenting, scraping, model training, and Claude outputs; copyright and copyright-management-information claims were filed August 28, 2026.
• Kogon v. Google LLC (N.D. Ill.) — Musicians allege Google used copyrighted music without permission to train its Lyria AI models.
• UMG Recordings Inc. v. Suno Inc. (D. Mass.) — Record labels allege Suno copied sound recordings to train its AI music service.
• UMG Recordings Inc. v. Uncharted Labs Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform.
• Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Sony and nine affiliated labels allege Udio copied 30,117 recordings for AI training in a second federal copyright suit filed July 20, 2026.
• BMG Rights Management v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026).
• Round Hill Music LP v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher alleges Anthropic copied protected lyrics for Claude training and output generation; copyright and DMCA claims filed August 17, 2026.
• Round Hill Music LP v. Suno, Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher alleges Suno trained on protected works and Bright Data supplied scraping infrastructure; copyright and DMCA claims filed August 17, 2026.
• GEMA v. Suno (LG München I, Ger.) — Munich Regional Court ruled for GEMA on July 31, 2026, finding copyright infringement in six represented works; revenue disclosure and damages proceedings remain, and Suno is considering an appeal.

Images, visual art, and 3D models

• Getty Images v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.) — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026.
• Beaulier v. NVIDIA et al. (N.D. Cal.; W.D. Wash.) — Artist Austin Beaulier brings separate actions alleging removal of copyright-management information from 3D models used in AI training.
• Disney Enterprises v. MiniMax (C.D. Cal.) — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025).

Video and YouTube content

• Ted Entertainment v. OpenAI Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026).
• Ted Entertainment v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026).
• Ted Entertainment v. Amazon.com, Inc. (W.D. Wash.) — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping; initial scheduling deadlines terminated May 20, 2026.
• Businessing LLC v. Runway AI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Businessing LLC, operator of Ali Spagnola’s YouTube channel, alleges DMCA violations in a complaint filed February 27, 2026 in S.D.N.Y.
• Chmura v. Snap Inc. (C.D. Cal.) — YouTuber sues Snap Inc for DMCA circumvention in AI video training (February 2026).

Employment Discrimination Cases

• Doe Employees v. Meta Platforms Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Current and former employees allege AI-assisted layoff decisions discriminated against workers with disabilities or protected leave.
• Mobley v. Workday Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Alleged discrimination by automated hiring tools; June 22 and July 1, 2026 orders narrowed claims and directed an amended complaint.

Corporate Governance Cases

• Berliner v. Huang et al. (N.D. Ill.) — NVIDIA stockholder derivative action alleging that officers and directors exposed the company to copyright and biometric-privacy liability through AI-training practices.
• Musk v. Altman et al. (N.D. Cal.) — May 20 order adopted the finding that trial claims were time-barred; remaining claims were addressed in a June 10 scheduling order and July 1 mediation order.
• SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v. Narayen (N.D. Cal.) — Shareholder derivative litigation concerning Adobe’s AI-training practices and alleged fiduciary breaches.

Defamation Cases

• Starbuck v. Google LLC (Del. Super. Ct.) — Robert Starbuck alleges Google AI generated and published false statements accusing him of crimes and misconduct; Google's motion to dismiss was denied July 24, 2026.

Privacy Cases

• Lowery v. Suno, Inc. (D. Mass.) — Musicians allege Suno commercially exploits name-indexed identities and voiceprints through AI-generated music; publicity-rights and biometric-privacy claims were filed August 31, 2026.
• Pandiscia v. Twitch Interactive, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Proposed class action alleging Twitch and Amazon used creators’ video streams without permission or compensation to train Amazon generative-AI products.
• Chamberlain v. Granola Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Proposed class action alleging Granola’s AI note-taking app recorded and transcribed conversations without all participants’ consent and used transcription data for AI-model training.

Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases

• Surber v. Oura Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Proposed consumer class action alleging that Oura marketed AI-generated sleep-stage estimates as accurate measurements.
• State of Florida v. OpenAI Inc. (Fla. Cir. Ct.; removed to S.D. Fla.) — Florida AG civil enforcement action alleging ChatGPT safety misrepresentations, deceptive trade practices, negligence, product-liability violations, and public nuisance (filed June 1, 2026).
• Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation (N.D. Ill.) — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026).
• Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026).
• Landsheft v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Consumer class action over advertising of enhanced Siri features; settlement has preliminary approval, with a final-approval hearing set for February 24, 2027.
• Pennsylvania v. Character Technologies Inc. (Pa. Commw. Ct.) — Pennsylvania enforcement action alleging a Character.AI chatbot engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine.
• K.G.M. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Social-media product-liability litigation concerning alleged harm from platform design.

Product Liability, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases

• Parish v. OpenAI, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Estate alleges ChatGPT reinforced a user's religious delusions and contributed to her death; wrongful-death and product-liability claims filed June 15, 2026.
• Gavalas v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.) — Wrongful-death action; August 5 dismissal hearing taken under submission.
• Huballa v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.) — Removed civil action against Google; the case article identifies the limits of the available record.
• Stacey v. Altman (N.D. Cal.) — Tumbler Ridge wrongful-death and product-liability action filed April 29, 2026.
• Winters v. OpenAI (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Alleged injuries from ChatGPT medical advice; the reviewed complaint bears an August 3, 2026 filing stamp.
• Carrier v. OpenAI (Cal. Super. Ct.) — California wrongful-death/product-liability suit alleging ChatGPT failed to intervene after repeated self-harm discussions.

Child Safety Cases

• New Mexico v. Meta Platforms Inc. (N.M. Dist. Ct.) — State enforcement action concerning alleged child-safety violations on Meta’s platforms.
• Doe v. X.AI Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — Minors allege xAI's Grok AI generated CSAM deepfakes from their real photographs; class action under Masha's Law and TVPA (March 2026).
• Jane Doe 1 v. X.AI Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — CSAM survivor alleges xAI trained Grok on abuse material depicting her and generated new CSAM; proposed nationwide class action filed August 26, 2026.
• Jane Doe v. X.AI Corp. (E.D. Ark.) — Family alleges xAI technology helped create or facilitate AI-generated child sexual abuse material from authentic photographs of a minor.

Privilege and Work Product Cases

• United States v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y.) — Criminal case addressing privilege claims for materials generated using a public AI tool.
• Warner v. Gilbarco (E.D. Mich.) — Civil litigation addressing work-product protection for a self-represented litigant’s AI-assisted materials.

Patent and Authorship Cases

• University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC (D. Del.) — University research foundation alleges Anthropic infringes two neural-network and neuroscience-inspired computing patents.
• www.ai.law Corp. v. Butler Labs Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — AI.Law alleges Eve Legal infringes an AI-assisted legal-document drafting patent (June 2026).
• Thaler v. Vidal (Fed. Cir.) — Patent inventorship litigation addressing whether an AI system can qualify as an inventor.

Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges

• X.AI LLC v. Ellison (D. Minn.) — First Amendment challenge to Minnesota’s AI nudification law; preliminary injunction denied September 4, 2026.
• The Babylon Bee v. Castillo (D.N.M.) — First Amendment challenge to New Mexico HB 182's disclaimer requirements for AI-generated political satire (August 2026).
• Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (N.D. Cal.) — Court ruled for Anthropic on August 27, 2026, finding the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk measures violated the First Amendment and due process.
• XAI v. Bonta (C.D. Cal.) — 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 v. Weiser (D. Colo.) — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present).