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Chatbots, Copyrights, and the Courts: The Latest in Litigation Developments in the Cases Against OpenAI
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January 5, 2026
Chatbots, Copyrights, and the Courts: The Latest in Litigation Developments in the Cases Against OpenAI
By: Abbey Block
Litigation Update: Open AI’s Discovery Woes and Fair Use Defenses in Infringement Lawsuits Since its formation in 2015, the artificial intelligence company “Open AI” – most known for its creation of the widely used chatbot, “ChatGPT” – has faced its fair share of legal disputes. Two of the most notorious lawsuits, one filed by the New York Times and the other by a class of prominent fiction authors, are moving full steam ahead, illustrating the complex interplay of legal rights, litigation tools, and technological innovation. This blog post examines the most recent developments in the lawsuits, and considers what these developments mean for the parties, and the future of artificial intelligence more broadly. Judge Orders Open AI to Disclose Chat…
The Truth Will Out – Even About Mar-a-Lago
December 27, 2025
The Truth Will Out – Even About Mar-a-Lago
By: James Trusty
The Truth Will Out is a fairly obscure phrase that was popularized in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” It suggests that even against the most active obstruction and obfuscation, the Truth seemingly has an invisible hand behind it that relentlessly—if slowly—pushes it into plain view. Nearly 2 ½ years after the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Truth may be emerging into the daylight. August 8,…
White-Collar Sentencing Under the Amended Guidelines: Fewer Steps, Same Dance
November 12, 2025
White-Collar Sentencing Under the Amended Guidelines: Fewer Steps, Same Dance
By: Robert Ward
For years, the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Guidelines Manual has guided courts through a three-step process to determine the sentence to be imposed. At a high level, that process looked like this: First, the court would calculate the guideline range based on relevant offense conduct and related factors, along with the defendant’s criminal history. Second, the court would consider the Sentencing Commission’s policy statements or commentary…
Alexa and Fifth Amendment Law
January 17, 2017
Alexa and Fifth Amendment Law
By: Ifrah Law
It sits in your house, passively recording everything you say. It knows what you like. It knows what you listen to. It knows what you buy. It knows who’s in the room with you. And now, it might tell the police all about it. “It” is the Amazon Echo, a revolution in the “internet of things.” The Echo is a smart speaker that connects directly…
‘Tis the Season of Giving: Supreme Court Expands Insider Trading Liability to Recipients of “Gift” Stock Tips
December 6, 2016
‘Tis the Season of Giving: Supreme Court Expands Insider Trading Liability to Recipients of “Gift” Stock Tips
By: Ifrah Law
Just in time for the holiday season, the Supreme Court has ruled that gift-giving is truly its own reward. But far from embodying the spirit of generosity that typically goes with that saying, the Court has ruled that the warm feeling one gets from giving to others can give rise to criminal insider trading liability. This ruling will extend insider trading liability for the recipients…
The E-Rate Honey Pot
August 12, 2016
The E-Rate Honey Pot
By: Nicole Kardell
When you grant access to a $ 4 billion fund and give fund participants relative autonomy in how they use those funds, ne’er-do-wells will sniff their way to the honey pot. Keeping them out can be a challenge. So goes the story of the federally administered Schools and Libraries Program, better known as E-Rate. Established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, E-Rate is a federal…
Keep It Short and Prosper
June 9, 2016
Keep It Short and Prosper
By: Nicole Kardell
What a difference two words can make. Just ask the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) or Americans for Prosperity (AFP), two organizations that filed separate lawsuits against the same defendant, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, over the same issue: whether Harris’s office had the right to access the organizations’ donor information. (The cases are Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris and Americans for Prosperity v….
This Man Is Dodging Wall St.
June 8, 2016
This Man Is Dodging Wall St.
By: Ifrah Law
Rather than confront accusations of baseless zeal and prosecutorial overreach, New York federal prosecutor Preet Bharara would rather spend his energy dodging accountability. In 2010, Bharara launched a crusade against Wall Street, prosecuting several hedge funds he suspected of insider trading. Highly publicized raids followed. In the wake of the financial meltdown, Bharara was hailed as a hero. A Time cover story proclaimed, “This Man…
