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* [[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)

=== 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)

=== 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)

=== 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)

== Recent Developments ==

* '''May 5, 2026''': [[News-Google-MS-xAI-CAISI-Early-Model-Access-May-2026|Google, Microsoft, xAI Join CAISI]] — Three major AI companies join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting the U.S. Commerce Department early access to frontier AI models for evaluation

* '''May 4, 2026''': [[News-May-04-2026|May 4, 2026]] — EU compute plan criticized, Anthropic finalizes $1.5B Blackstone JV, unions back data centers, artist sues AI startup over comic

* '''May 3, 2026''': [[News-May-03-2026|May 3, 2026]] — Pentagon awards 7 AI contracts, Oscars establish AI rules, ModelForge sued over Instagram scraping

* [[News Ted Entertainment Sues OpenAI Apple Amazon DMCA 2026|April 2026 — Ted Entertainment DMCA Suits — YouTubers sue OpenAI, Apple, Amazon for DMCA video scraping]]

* [[News Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI 2026|March 2026 — Gracenote v. OpenAI — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over metadata database]]

== Categories ==

=== Child Safety Cases ===