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Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessarily Blocked by Second Amendment
A federal judge denied Sig Sauer’s motion to dismiss a design defect lawsuit over its P365X pistol, ruling that product liability claims alleging unintentional discharge without trigger pull are not automatically barred by the Second Amendment.
Aug 11, 2026
German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense
A Munich court issued a preliminary ruling finding Suno liable for copyright infringement in both model training and output generation, identifying six songs as reproducibly stored in its models and rejecting statutory exceptions and fair use arguments.
Aug 1, 2026
EquipmentShare.com Inc. Notice of September 21, 2026 Application Deadline for Class Action Lawsuit - Contact Lewis Kahn, Esq. at Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, Before Application Deadline
A law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against EquipmentShare.com Inc., alleging potential securities violations related to investor disclosures, with a September 21, 2026 application deadline for eligible investors.
Aug 1, 2026
First Amendment Might Protect FTP&ATF License Plate
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that personalized license plate messages in Virginia constitute private speech protected by the First Amendment, remanding the forum analysis to district court.
Aug 1, 2026
Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Inc., 1:26-cv-03625 - CourtListener
A federal lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI by journalist John Carreyrou alleging copyright infringement related to the training of OpenAI's large language models on his copyrighted works without consent or compensation.
Published May 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 26, 2026
CCOI Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit
A class-action securities fraud lawsuit has been filed against Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) by Rosen Law Firm on behalf of investors who purchased its stock between February 29, 2024 and May 1, 2026, alleging material misrepresentations or omissions affecting stock price.
Jul 25, 2026
An appeals court narrowly blocks Texas from enforcing a monitoring and filtering requirement under its children's online safety law, over Section 230 preemption (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
A divided federal appeals court blocked Texas from enforcing a monitoring and filtering requirement in its children's online safety law, ruling it is preempted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Jul 25, 2026
Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged trade secret theft tied to AI hardware - Yahoo Finance
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and several former Apple employees alleging theft of trade secrets related to AI hardware development.
Jul 15, 2026
Employment & Labor Lawyers, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File Lawsuit Against Collectors Universe, Inc., for Alleged Failure to Provide Meal Periods and Rest Breaks
A law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against Collectors Universe, Inc. alleging violations of California labor law related to meal periods, rest breaks, and inaccurate wage statements.
Published Jul 4, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 6, 2026
Parties for Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC, 3:26-cv-05931 - CourtListener
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Anthropic PBC alleging copyright infringement related to the training of its AI models using works by William Shakespeare and other public-domain and copyrighted authors.
Published Jun 17, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 6, 2026
Oral Argument for Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc. - CourtListener
A federal court oral argument occurred in a copyright infringement lawsuit where Amazon alleges Perplexity AI unlawfully scraped and reproduced Amazon product descriptions without permission or licensing.
Published Jun 11, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Haley v. X.AI Corp., 3:26-cv-00148 - CourtListener
A federal lawsuit has been filed against X.AI Corp. alleging violations related to AI-generated content, marking an early legal test of liability for AI companies under existing consumer and tort frameworks.
Published Jun 8, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn
A federal judge denied Meta's motion to dismiss a copyright lawsuit from adult content producer Strike 3 Holdings, finding evidence of coordinated scraping of its videos via Meta IP addresses — establishing legal standing regardless of AI training intent.
Published Jun 15, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
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