OpenAI Says High Court Curbed Some News Org IP Claims
By Craig Clough
OpenAI told a New York federal judge Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Cox v. Sony decision bars a contributory infringement claim brought by four news companies accusing the artificial intelligence company of using their copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT, saying the high court's ruling eliminates the legal theory on which the plaintiffs rely.
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Meta Must Face Porn Studio's IP Suit Over AI Training
By Rae Ann Varona
Meta Platforms Inc. can't toss a porn studio's copyright infringement suit accusing the social media giant of downloading the studio's films to train generative artificial intelligence models, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the studio's allegations suffice to infer a "coordinated effort" by Meta to gather data.
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POLICY & REGULATION
Bank, Crypto Groups Seek Limits In Stablecoin AML Regs
By Sarah Jarvis
Industry groups and firms in the financial and crypto sectors have called for further clarification, flexibility and safe harbors in rules recently proposed by regulators with the U.S. Department of the Treasury for implementing the anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements of the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.
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LITIGATION
Cloudflare Founders Are Sued Over Voting Control Plan
By Jarek Rutz
Technology company Cloudflare Inc. and its founders, Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, are facing a Delaware Chancery Court shareholder lawsuit that seeks to block a proposed recapitalization plan, alleging the transaction would let them continue selling billions of dollars' worth of stock while preserving their voting control over the internet infrastructure company.
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ENFORCEMENT
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Series
Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Q&A
JAMS Chief Executive Says Mass Arbitrations On The Rise
By Kellie Mejdrich
Mediation giant JAMS says it has seen a major upswing in mass arbitrations in employment and other contexts, as plaintiff-side firms develop new ways of responding to language requiring out-of-court dispute resolution by companies. CEO Kimberly Taylor and veteran JAMS mediator Robert Meyer spoke to Law360 about mediation trends, with a specific focus on employee benefits disputes.
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Roundup
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
By Laura Stewart Liberty
The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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