Podcast · Episode 13
Daily Brief: Third Circuit affirms Thomson Reuters win over ROSS on AI training, federal agencies told to call AI Super Intelligence
The Third Circuit affirms that ROSS infringed Westlaw headnotes without fair use, federal agencies must now call AI Super Intelligence, and Colorado sues over a Hudson immigration detention contract.
Read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis.
Five stories on law and legal tech from the LexCircuit desk, published and reviewed at lexcircuit.com.
1. Third Circuit affirms Thomson Reuters win over ROSS on AI training
The Third Circuit affirmed a Delaware federal judgment that ROSS Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes and could not claim fair use for using them to train a competing AI legal research tool. The opinion was filed under temporary seal pending proposed redactions.
2. Federal agencies told to call AI Super Intelligence
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal departments and agencies to use Super Intelligence and SI in place of Artificial Intelligence and AI in official documents, and giving the White House science adviser 60 days to propose legislative language for a federal definition.
3. Colorado sues DHS over the Hudson detention center contract
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that a five-year contract of more than $500 million with The GEO Group for a 1,200-bed immigration detention center in Hudson was awarded without the environmental review the National Environmental Policy Act requires.
4. Class certification denied in Energizer and Walmart battery price-fixing suits
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts denied class certification in three purchaser suits alleging Energizer and Walmart conspired to inflate disposable battery prices, and gave the plaintiffs leave to refile with revised evidence.
5. Executive order directs GSA to build America.gov
A new executive order directs the General Services Administration to build America.gov as a single portal for federal services, using Login.gov for sign-in, and bars creating a centralized federal system of records on Americans.
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