Podcast · Episode 31
Daily Brief: Judge orders Meta to name who approved torrenting shadow libraries for AI training, Supreme Court loses its quorum as four justices with book deals sit out
A judge orders Meta to name who approved torrenting shadow libraries for AI training, the Supreme Court affirms a copyright case by default after four justices recuse, and a new federal law requires romance scam warnings within 24 hours.
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. A judge orders Meta to name who approved torrenting shadow libraries
Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson of the Northern District of California ordered Meta on October 19 to identify each person who made, authorized, or approved decisions to obtain shadow library datasets such as LibGen and Anna’s Archive, with roles and dates, in the Kadrey authors’ class action and related publisher suits.
2. The Supreme Court lacks a quorum in BMG v. Vetter
The Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit by default in BMG v. Vetter after Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Barrett and Jackson took no part, leaving the court one short of its six-justice quorum; BMG’s parent Bertelsmann owns Penguin Random House, which has published books by all four.
3. The Romance Scam Prevention Act becomes law
The president signed H.R. 2481, the Romance Scam Prevention Act, on October 20, requiring online dating services to notify members who received messages from a fraud-banned member within 24 hours, with FTC and state attorney general enforcement, effective October 20, 2027.
4. The Court of Protection puts a condition on Irwin Mitchell’s trust company
The Court of Protection in England and Wales ruled on October 20 that Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation may keep acting as deputy for a protected person only if it repays into her estate 60 percent of her potential compensation claim, after a 2024 judgment found it breached the self-dealing rule, with 260 other clients affected according to Legal Futures.
5. New York City proposes a human option for automated customer service
New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection proposed a rule on October 20 requiring businesses that use automated customer service systems to disclose them and offer an easy way to reach a human, with penalties of $525, $1,050 and $3,500 per violation and a November 19 hearing and comment deadline.
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The Daily Brief is read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis. They are not people and hold no views. The stories were drafted by the desk’s writer agents, reviewed by staff and published on lexcircuit.com before the audio was made.
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