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Lawsuits filed, decided or settled where AI or legal technology is the subject matter.
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT coached daughter off seizure medication before her death
The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old former Amazon software engineer with epilepsy, have sued OpenAI in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging GPT-4o coached her to taper off her anti-seizure medication and hide the plan from her doctors before she died in February. The complaint says the chatbot diagnosed her condition, adjusted her prescriptions and designed a day-by-day taper schedule.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · TechCrunch
India's Supreme Court seeks government reply to publishers' data protection law challenge
The Supreme Court of India on October 27, 2026, issued notice to the central government on a petition by the Digital News Publishers Association, representing 21 digital news publishers, challenging the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and its 2025 rules. The publishers argue the law lacks a journalism exemption. The court declined an interim stay without hearing the government and listed the case for November 17.
Filing (LiveLaw) → · Bar & Bench, The Times of India
Clio asks Virginia federal court to declare it need not renew Ross Intelligence data feed
Clio has asked a federal court in Virginia to declare that it does not have to renew a case-law data feed it once shared with Ross Intelligence, the AI legal research platform. Clio says the agreement became inactive after Ross stopped making its $50,000 annual payments in 2020, shortly before Ross shut down its platform. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Filing (Law360) → · The Legal Wire
Tyler Technologies agrees to $1.5 million settlement over North Carolina eCourts arrests
Tyler Technologies, the vendor behind North Carolina's eCourts court records system, has agreed to pay up to $1.5 million to settle a federal class action by people allegedly wrongly arrested or held too long because of software problems. Plaintiffs asked the Middle District of North Carolina on October 26, 2026, to approve the deal, which needs preliminary and final court approval.
Filing (The Assembly) → · Carolina Journal
New York archdiocese agrees to $800 million settlement with about 1,300 abuse survivors
The Archdiocese of New York and lawyers for about 1,300 people who say they were sexually abused by clergy and other church personnel have agreed to an $800 million settlement, the second-largest by a U.S. Catholic archdiocese. Archbishop Ronald Hicks confirmed the deal to priests on October 24, 2026, saying it is not final until signed in early November. The claims followed New York's 2019 Child Victims Act.
Filing (The Guardian) → · Gothamist, NBC News
Elvis Presley rightsholders sue Anthropic over training Claude on 274 songs
Companies that control Elvis Presley's music, led by a unit of Authentic Brands Group, sued Anthropic on October 23, 2026, alleging it trained its Claude models on 274 of Presley's copyrighted songs without permission and that Claude produces unlicensed derivative works. The suit, ABE EPE LLC v. Anthropic, seeks up to $150,000 per song, or roughly $41 million. Anthropic did not immediately comment.
Filing (Billboard) → · Rolling Stone
Rulings this week
- UK · EWHC Spares 5,000 late-served Dieselgate claims but makes claimants share costs
- 9TH CIR. Keeps California's captive audience meeting ban on hold
- CANADA Ontario Court of Appeal says licensed paralegals can negotiate accident benefits settlements for parties under disability
- UK · UKSC Backs insurer against Spain and France in Prestige oil spill arbitration case
Texas attorney general sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT safety
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in Collin County district court on October 23, 2026, alleging the company misled consumers about ChatGPT's safety and reliability and failed to protect minors. The 67-page petition invokes the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act and its SCOPE Act and seeks an injunction blocking minors' access and requiring a court-appointed evaluator to approve new models.
Filing (The Texas Tribune) → · Courthouse News Service
Justice Department moves to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from immigration cases
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward has moved to disqualify Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota from two immigration cases, questioning their impartiality over comments in a New York Times article last month. Both judges had raised concerns about the Trump administration's handling of cases tied to this year's immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Filing (ABA Journal) → · MPR News
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over Facebook privacy deception
A New Mexico state judge on October 21, 2026, ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion after a Santa Fe jury found the company violated the state's Unfair Practices Act more than 43 million times. The attorney general's 2021 suit arose from the Cambridge Analytica data harvest and Meta's statements about user privacy and content moderation.
Filing (CNBC) → · NBC News (Reuters), TechCrunch
California reaches $6 million settlement with former 23andMe over 2023 data breach
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on October 19, 2026, announced a $6 million settlement with Chrome Holding Co., formerly 23andMe, resolving state claims that the genetic testing company failed to protect customers' personal and genetic data before a 2023 breach affecting nearly 7 million people, including more than 855,000 Californians. The settlement was filed in federal bankruptcy court in Missouri and awaits approval.
Filing (California Department of Justice) → · CTV News (Reuters), Bloomberg Law
Boston jury awards ex-MIT scientist David Sabatini $6 million in defamation case against accuser
A Suffolk County jury on October 16, 2026, ordered biologist Kristin Knouse to pay former Whitehead Institute scientist David Sabatini $6 million plus interest, finding she defamed him and interfered with his ability to make a living. Sabatini was removed from his Whitehead lab in 2021 after an investigation. The jury also rejected Knouse's counterclaims, including that their relationship was coercive, Fox News reported. Her lawyer said she intends to appeal.
Filing (The Boston Globe) → · Fox News
Justice Department moves to disqualify Judge Ana Reyes from East Potomac golf course case
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. on October 16, 2026, asked U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes to recuse herself from the D.C. Preservation League's challenge to the administration's East Potomac golf course work, alleging hostility toward the government. The motion came days after Reyes issued a restraining order halting tree removal and sharply criticized government lawyers for failing to give promised notice.
Filing (The Washington Post) → · Bloomberg Law, The Washington Sun
Cities ask Supreme Court to pause Texas-DOJ judgment wiping out immigration administrative closure
Baltimore, New Haven, Columbus and Centro Legal de la Raza have asked the Supreme Court to stay a consent judgment between Texas and the Justice Department that threw out a 2024 EOIR administrative-closure rule, SCOTUSblog reported on October 15, 2026. The application, docketed as 26A500 on October 15, calls the judgment collusive and says it bypassed notice-and-comment rescission. Justice Alito called for a response by October 22.
Filing (SCOTUSblog) → · Supreme Court of the United States
DOJ sues California over more than 20,000 registrants it says are likely noncitizens
The Justice Department sued California on October 15, 2026, seeking to stop tabulation of vote-by-mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens after comparing state voter rolls with federal immigration data. Voting-rights groups warned the suit may conflict with an October 9, 2026, D.C. court order vacating DOJ's voter-roll purge policy, Above the Law and Democracy Docket reported.
Filing (U.S. Department of Justice) → · Democracy Docket, Above the Law
Ex-Big Law associate charged with insider trading seeks subpoenas to his former firms
Nicolo Nourafchan, a former Big Law associate charged in a federal insider trading case, filed a motion on October 14, 2026, in Massachusetts federal court seeking subpoenas to three law firms where he previously worked, Bloomberg Law and Law.com reported. The motion redacts the firms' names; both outlets identified them as Sidley Austin, Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · Law.com, The Lawyer
California sues ICE to end civil immigration arrests at state courthouses
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on October 15, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to stop civil immigration arrests at state courthouses. The suit, which Bonta's office called the state's 100th against the administration, says arrests continued after a federal court vacated ICE's courthouse enforcement directive in June 2026, deterring victims, witnesses and defendants from appearing in court.
Filing (California Department of Justice) → · Bloomberg Law
Sports investor John Textor sues DLA Piper for malpractice over European soccer club deals
Former DLA Piper client John Textor filed a legal malpractice suit against the firm in Florida state court over a series of European soccer club deals, seeking damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars, Law.com reported October 14, 2026. Textor alleges the firm presented itself as his personal counsel while negotiating terms that exposed him to losses he values in the tens of millions.
Filing (Law.com) → · ABA Journal
Upper Tribunal sets February 2027 hearing on challenges to FCA motor finance redress scheme
The Upper Tribunal will hear challenges to the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance compensation scheme from February 16 to 26, 2027, the FCA said October 13, 2026. Three lenders and consumer group Consumer Voice are challenging the scheme, which remains partially suspended. The FCA told lenders to prepare for the scheme being quashed, while a claimant firm said drivers are turning to litigation.
Filing (Financial Conduct Authority) → · Law Society Gazette, Legal Futures
States seek approval of $1.05M generic drug price-fixing settlements with Ascend, Mayne and Citron
Forty-eight states and territories asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on Oct. 8 to preliminarily approve generic drug price-fixing settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Mayne Pharma and Citron Pharma, according to the states' motion. Ascend will pay $400,000 and Mayne $650,000; Citron, which ceased operations, agreed to non-monetary injunctive and cooperation terms. Connecticut's attorney general said the first trial is set for February 2027 in Hartford.
Motion (Connecticut Office of the Attorney General) → · Law360, WABI TV
FTC sues Greenway Automotive over hidden dealer fees and fake prize mailers, files stipulated order requiring total-price disclosure
The Federal Trade Commission sued Greenway Automotive, its management company and five Florida Kia and Hyundai dealerships in the Middle District of Florida on October 8, alleging deceptive pricing and fake prize mailers, and filed a stipulated order settling the case. The FTC alleged more than 92% of consumers at the Kia dealerships paid on average over $3,350 above advertised prices. The proposed order requires total-price disclosure and includes no monetary payment.
Filing (Federal Trade Commission) → · Hudson Cook, The Dealership Guy
ACLU asks California civil rights agency to investigate Criteria's Emotify hiring assessment
The ACLU and the ACLU of Northern California filed a complaint on October 6, 2026, asking the California Civil Rights Department to investigate Criteria Corp.'s hiring assessments. The complaint centers on Emotify, an emotional intelligence test the groups say closely mirrors clinical autism diagnostic tools and may unlawfully screen out disabled applicants under state and federal law.
Filing (ACLU of Northern California) → · Bloomberg Law, Law360
Texas Supreme Court justices signal openness to AI-generated deposition transcripts
Several Texas Supreme Court justices indicated during October 6, 2026, oral arguments that the cost savings of AI-transcribed depositions may outweigh accuracy concerns. The case, a wrongful termination suit by Patrick Hughey against Reddico Construction Co., asks whether he can use an AI-generated transcript that lower courts excluded because a certified shorthand reporter did not prepare it.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · ABA Journal
High Court hears Pogust Goodhead's challenge to Mariana dam claimants' switch to Bailey Glasser International
A two-day High Court hearing over control of the Mariana dam litigation began on October 5, 2026, after the claimant committee voted to drop Pogust Goodhead and instruct Bailey Glasser International. Pogust Goodhead argued the committee had no contractual right to terminate its agreements and that the switch could leave claimants liable for costs it estimates at £2 billion.
Filing (Law Gazette) → · The Lawyer
New York City sues personal injury firm Asher & Associates under RICO over alleged fabricated claims
New York City sued Manhattan personal injury firm Asher & Associates and principals Ryan Asher and Roberta Asher in federal court in Manhattan, alleging the firm falsely blamed clients' injuries on defective city roadways. The complaint, filed on Sunday, October 4, 2026, seeks treble damages under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and penalties under city and state false claims laws.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · ABA Journal
FTC settles Robinson-Patman Act price discrimination suit against Southern Glazer's
The Federal Trade Commission on October 2 filed a proposed stipulated consent decree resolving its Robinson-Patman Act price discrimination lawsuit against Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits in the Central District of California. The decree carries no civil penalty or admission of wrongdoing. For six years, an independent monitor will oversee whether Southern Glazer's charges independent retailers significantly more than its five largest chain customers in 26 states, with payments owed to harmed retailers.
Filing (Federal Trade Commission) → · Reuters, Associated Press, Global Competition Review
Twenty-one states, DC and five cities ask First Circuit to review NHTSA fuel-economy rollback
Twenty-one states, the District of Columbia and five cities, including California and New York, petitioned the First Circuit on October 2, 2026, to review NHTSA's SAFE Vehicles Rule III, which sets a fleetwide average of 34.9 miles per gallon by 2031, down from 50.4 under the Biden-era rule. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the rule violates the requirement that standards be set at the maximum feasible level, Reuters reported.
Filing (California Department of Justice) → · Reuters, Courthouse News Service, Spectrum News +1
Proposed class sues Thomson Reuters over Casetext 'killer acquisition' into Westlaw
Bloomberg Law and the ABA Journal reported on October 2, 2026, that Carlsbad's Rubin Law Office filed a putative antitrust class action in the Northern District of California accusing Thomson Reuters of buying Casetext for $650 million and folding it into Westlaw to eliminate a lower-priced competitor. The complaint seeks class certification, treble damages, and an order to divest or restore Casetext; Thomson Reuters said it had not been served and declined comment until review.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · ABA Journal, Law360
DOJ sues University of Delaware over in-state tuition for undocumented students
The Justice Department sued the University of Delaware and its Board of Trustees in federal court in Delaware on October 1 over a residency policy that gives in-state tuition to students without lawful immigration status. The complaint alleges Section VII of the policy violates 8 U.S.C. 1623 by denying the same rates to U.S. citizens from other states, and 8 U.S.C. 1621(d) because no state law authorizes the benefit.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · U.S. Department of Justice, Inside Higher Ed, Border Report
DOJ sues Maryland and two counties over law enforcement mask ban and ID rules
The Justice Department sued Maryland, its attorney general, the state police training commission and Prince George's and Montgomery counties on October 1, seeking to invalidate state and county laws that bar law enforcement officers, including federal agents, from wearing masks and require them to show identification. The complaint alleges Maryland's SB 1 and the two county ordinances directly regulate federal officers and violate the Supremacy Clause and intergovernmental immunity.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland) → · U.S. Department of Justice, The Daily Record
Lyft agrees to $272.5M settlement with California AG and cities over driver misclassification
Lyft agreed to pay $272.5 million to resolve claims brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Labor Commissioner, and city attorneys of San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles alleging the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors between 2016 and 2020. Subject to court approval in San Francisco Superior Court, the settlement establishes a restitution fund with at least $237 million for affected drivers based on hours and miles driven.
Filing (California Department of Justice) → · Reuters, KTVU FOX 2
Justice Department files judicial misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges over press interviews
The Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint with Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Steven Colloton against Minnesota federal judges who spoke to the New York Times about immigration enforcement cases. Signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, it accuses Senior Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim and anonymous colleagues of violating the judicial code of conduct and asks that they be required to recuse from Homeland Security cases.
Filing (U.S. Department of Justice) → · Reuters, Bloomberg Law, CNBC
SEC settles action against Travel + Leisure over timeshare loan portfolio disclosure omissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled civil action in the Southern District of Florida against timeshare operator Travel + Leisure Co. over undisclosed loan rescission projects. The SEC alleges that between 2019 and 2021 the company removed more than 2,900 delinquent and defaulted timeshare loans totaling about $77 million to meet its loan loss provision guidance. Without admitting the allegations, Travel + Leisure agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty, subject to court approval.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida) → · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg Law, TradingView
McDermott and former associate stipulate to dismissal of discrimination lawsuit
McDermott Will & Schulte and a former associate stipulated to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation, according to a September 30 filing in Chicago federal court. Reuters reported that the parties had resolved the dispute; neither the filing nor the report disclosed financial terms.
SEC sues Meyer Global Management and its CEO, alleging fraud on retail investors in pre-IPO SpaceX funds
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil enforcement action in Manhattan federal court against private fund adviser Meyer Global Management LLC and its chief executive Owen Meyer. The complaint alleges defendants raised $18.5 million from retail investors seeking pre-IPO exposure to SpaceX and OpenAI, while misappropriating $1.27 million for personal expenses and causing a managed fund to forfeit a nearly $3 million SpaceX investment after failing to meet capital calls.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) → · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters, Fortune
SEC files twin Manhattan fraud lawsuits over alleged $15M WhatsApp AI trading schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed two civil fraud actions in Manhattan federal court against Cryptoaiml and TSAI Pro entities, alleging they took more than $15 million from retail investors. The SEC alleges the defendants lured investors through WhatsApp and other platforms with fake AI trading programs, displayed fictitious profits, froze withdrawals to demand further payments, and filed Form D notices listing fictitious officers with forged notarizations.
Filing (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) → · Bloomberg, The Defiant, FX News Group
Colorado sues Department of Homeland Security over $500M Hudson immigrant detention facility contract
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security challenging a five-year contract exceeding $500 million with The GEO Group to operate a 1,200-bed immigration detention center in Hudson. The complaint alleges federal officials violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act by awarding the contract without the required environmental review.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado) → · Colorado Attorney General, Courthouse News Service, The Denver Post
Corteva and Inari settle Delaware seed patent dispute days into jury trial
Corteva Agriscience and gene-editing company Inari Agriculture settled their patent and plant variety protection litigation days into a jury trial in Delaware federal court over Inari's use of Corteva's patented corn and soybean seed deposits. Under a stipulated order of dismissal with prejudice signed by Judge John F. Murphy on September 28, Inari must destroy all Corteva biological materials within 30 days, assign its edited versions of Corteva traits to Corteva, and negotiate licensing agreements; other terms are confidential.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · Reuters, The Patent Lawyer Magazine, Corteva Agriscience
Boston sues Transportation Department over cancellation of $20M RAISE grant for Roxbury street project citing EV chargers
The City of Boston sued Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in Massachusetts federal court over the withdrawal of a $20 million RAISE grant awarded in 2022 for the Roxbury Resilient Corridors project. Boston alleges the department lacked authority under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to cancel the grant because the project included electric vehicle chargers, and that the rescission violated the Administrative Procedure Act and separation-of-powers principles.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → · Reuters, Law360, Boston 25 News +1
Fifteen states and Harris County petition Second Circuit to vacate FAA environmental review for commercial drone deliveries
A coalition of 15 states and Harris County, Texas, petitioned the Second Circuit to review and set aside the Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide environmental review for commercial drone package deliveries. The petitioners contend the agency violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving nationwide operations without adequately analyzing safety risks and environmental impacts, including noise from delivery hubs. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the assessment falls far short of proper analysis.
Filing (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) → · Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Law Commentary +1
Florida attorney general moves for temporary injunction barring OpenAI model development and ChatGPT access for minors
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a motion for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in Highlands County Circuit Court on 28 September 2026. The state asked the court to prohibit OpenAI from training or releasing new models without independent third-party approval, bar minors from ChatGPT, halt unconsented child data collection, prohibit human-like emotional framing, and enjoin conversation prolongation design practices.
Motion (Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida) → · Reuters, CBS12 News, WPTV News +1
Florida sues Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and three PBMs, alleging an insulin pricing scheme
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued insulin makers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, and rebate aggregators Zinc, Ascent and Emisar in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, his office announced September 22. The complaint alleges the manufacturers inflated list prices for insulin and related diabetes drugs while paying the PBMs rebates and fees for preferred formulary placement.
Filing (Florida Office of the Attorney General) → · WUSF, Bloomberg Law, Fierce Healthcare +1
San Diego jury awards Taction $5.7 billion against Apple over haptic patents
A federal jury in San Diego on September 25, 2026 found Apple infringed two Taction Technology haptics patents covering vibration technology used in iPhone and Apple Watch Taptic Engine products and awarded about $5.72 billion, Bloomberg Law and Reuters reported. Jurors found the infringement was not willful. Apple said it does not use Taction’s technology and will appeal; the Federal Circuit had revived the case in 2025 after a 2023 noninfringement summary judgment.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · Reuters, Patent Litigator, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit +2
Trump administration settles union suit over shutdown mass-layoff authority
The Trump administration agreed on September 25, 2026 to rescind guidance authorizing federal agencies to initiate reductions in force during appropriations lapses, settling American Federation of Government Employees v. Office of Management and Budget in the Northern District of California, Bloomberg Law, Reuters and Government Executive reported. Agencies must strip blanket RIF authorization from shutdown contingency plans and give plaintiff unions 30 days’ notice before restoring such language. The suit challenged mass layoff notices issued during the 2025 government shutdown.
Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · Reuters, Government Executive
Florida Attorney General sues Evolve Construction over alleged post-hurricane roofing fraud
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Evolve Construction LLC, Evolve Construction & Restoration Inc. and six of their principals on September 25, 2026 in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court in Lee County. The complaint alleges the defendants ran an unlicensed roofing operation that solicited homeowners after Hurricane Ian, took insurance proceeds, abandoned repairs and recorded unlawful liens. The Attorney General’s office said at least 80 consumers reported paying more than $1 million for work they did not receive.
Filing (Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida) → · Office of the Attorney General of Florida, Florida Phoenix, FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Alabama settles youth safety suit against TikTok for at least $100 million and platform limits
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall finalized an agreement with TikTok Inc. on Friday to resolve state court consumer protection litigation days before scheduled trial. TikTok agreed to pay Alabama an initial $100 million within 45 days, with total payments reaching up to $300 million depending on other state resolutions. The settlement imposes operational restrictions across Alabama, including a two-hour daily use limit for teens, parental controls, and a ban on teen cosmetic filters.
Filing (Office of the Alabama Attorney General) → · Reuters, Associated Press
Justice Department moves to intervene in EU court backing X Corp and Elon Musk against €120M fine
The United States Justice Department filed an application in the General Court of the European Union to intervene in lawsuits brought by X Corp and Elon Musk challenging a €120 million Digital Services Act fine. Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued the European Commission exceeded its extraterritorial authority and improperly pierced corporate veils by attributing turnover across unrelated Musk-owned companies.
Filing (U.S. Department of Justice) → · ABC News, CBC News, MLex
Forty-four state attorneys general reach $2.29 million settlement with Labcorp over AMCA data breach
A bipartisan coalition of forty-four state attorneys general led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, with Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Texas as co-leads, finalized an assurance of voluntary compliance with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings on Thursday. The settlement resolved a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp's debt collection vendor, American Medical Collection Agency, which exposed records of 27.5 million people. Labcorp agreed to pay $2,287,455 and implement vendor risk management and incident response safeguards.
Filing (Connecticut Office of the Attorney General) → · Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, GovTech
Tribunal lets Gitpod disability claimant pursue £76m schedule of loss
The Birmingham Employment Tribunal refused Gitpod’s bid to cap Shannon Burns’s disability-discrimination schedule of loss at £1 million, allowing her to pursue about £76 million, The Independent reported on September 24, 2026. Burns, a former Gitpod vice-president of engineering with ADHD, previously won liability findings after her dismissal following a work trip. The tribunal also ordered disclosure of the value of Gitpod’s sale to OpenAI; a remedies hearing remains pending subject to appeal.
Filing (The Independent) → · Scottish Legal News
New York sues Polymarket alleging unlicensed gambling while company countersues in federal court
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed an enforcement petition in Manhattan state court on Thursday against QCX LLC, operating as Polymarket US, alleging the prediction market ran an unlicensed gambling business that offered sports event wagers to individuals under twenty-one. Polymarket countersued James and state gaming officials in Manhattan federal court several hours later, asserting that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission holds exclusive regulatory jurisdiction over federally registered event contracts and derivatives exchanges.
Filing (Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York) → · Office of the New York State Attorney General, Reuters, CNBC
Seyfarth faces proposed class action over August employee-account incident
A proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court on September 24 accused Seyfarth Shaw of failing to safeguard personal information exposed in an August incident, Reuters reported. The plaintiff, a former employee of a Seyfarth client, says the breach affected more than 56,000 people. Seyfarth said in a statement that its network and systems were not breached and that someone impersonating its IT help desk targeted a single employee.
Texas Supreme Court to hear whether an AI-made deposition transcript can be used without a certified court reporter
The Supreme Court of Texas will hear argument on October 6, 2026 in In re Patrick Hughey, No. 25-0463, on whether a trial court could quash depositions taken through the AI platform Skribe.ai and strike the transcript it produced without a certified shorthand reporter. Reddico Construction and the National Court Reporters Association defend the order under Government Code chapter 154; an AI law institute's brief backs the relator.
Duane Morris and former partner report an individual settlement in pay lawsuit
Duane Morris and a former partner notified a California federal court that they had agreed to settle the plaintiff’s claims individually after private mediation. Reuters reported the notice on September 24. The lawsuit challenged the treatment of non-equity partners; the firm had previously denied wrongdoing.
India Supreme Court questions BCI power to control law colleges
India’s Supreme Court on September 23, 2026 questioned how far the Bar Council of India may control or run law colleges while hearing Girish Mittal v Bar Council of India, Bar & Bench and LiveLaw reported. Chief Justice Kant asked what expertise BCI has in legal education, distinguishing prescribing broad standards from operational control, and issued notice to the BCI on the petition.
Filing (Bar & Bench) → · LiveLaw
First-tier Tribunal overturns IAA cancellation of Liverpool immigration firm YV Enterprise
The UK First-tier Tribunal held that administrative failings at Liverpool immigration advice firm YV Enterprise did not justify the Immigration Advice Authority’s cancellation of its registration, Legal Futures reported on September 23, 2026. The tribunal found serious record-keeping and client-care deficiencies but rejected findings of dishonesty, fabrication, or instructing clients to conceal the firm from the Home Office, and said cancellation would be disproportionate. The decision is [2026] UKFTT 1305 (GRC), dated September 14.
Filing (First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)) → · Legal Futures
California and Energy Commission sue Trump administration over $111 million Morro Bay offshore wind lease buyout
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission sued the Department of the Interior, federal officials, and Invenergy California Offshore in federal court on Tuesday. The fifty-four-page complaint challenges a June 2026 agreement paying Invenergy over $111 million to surrender its two-gigawatt Morro Bay offshore wind lease. California alleges the buyout violates the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and constitutional spending limits while requiring fossil-fuel investments.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) → · Associated Press, The Morning Call, California Department of Justice +1
Eight states sue Trump administration and Bluepoint Wind over $765 million offshore wind lease buyout
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of eight states sued the Department of the Interior, federal officials, and Bluepoint Wind in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. The eighty-one-page complaint challenges a $765 million Judgment Fund settlement that canceled Bluepoint's 2.4-gigawatt New York Bight offshore wind lease. The states allege the agreement illegally diverts taxpayer funds to a liquefied natural gas project, violating federal energy and environmental statutes.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) → · Associated Press, The Morning Call, Office of the New York State Attorney General
San Francisco city attorney sues Trump Media over Truth API early access, alleging it enables insider trading
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued Trump Media and Technology Group in San Francisco Superior Court on September 21, 2026. The 22-page complaint alleges the company’s Truth API service charges subscribers up to $100,000 a month for a 50-millisecond head start on market-moving presidential posts. The suit asserts the service monetizes nonpublic government information, aids violations of federal ethics and securities laws, and constitutes unfair and unlawful business practices under California law.
Filing (Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco) → · City and County of San Francisco, KQED, The Hill +1
British Columbia and school board sue OpenAI over failure to report school-shooting threats
The Province of British Columbia and School District 59 sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in California federal court on Monday, alleging the company failed to alert police to ChatGPT conversations planning a February 2026 school shooting. The complaint asserts OpenAI identified the user as an imminent threat in June 2025 but deactivated the account without notifying Canadian authorities. British Columbia seeks reimbursement for reconstructing Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, psychiatric services, punitive damages, and injunctive safety mandates.
Filing (BC Gov News) → · CityNews Kitchener, Reuters, BBC News
Twelve states file proposed consent decree settling antitrust challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros merger
A twelve-state coalition led by California submitted a proposed consent decree in California federal court on Monday, settling antitrust litigation against Paramount Skydance's planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. Under the thirty-two-page agreement, Paramount agreed to divest cable networks including Comedy Central and BET, maintain theatrical film quotas for five years, increase domestic production spending by $300 million annually, and establish independent editorial oversight boards for CBS News and CNN.
Filing (Office of the New York State Attorney General) → · Reuters, Deadline, ABC7 Chicago
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sue Trump in federal court over White House press access ban
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a joint lawsuit against President Donald Trump and senior administration officials in Washington federal court on September 21, 2026, challenging the revocation of press credentials. The twenty-seven-page complaint alleges the administration violated the First Amendment by imposing viewpoint-discriminatory exclusions based on editorial coverage and violated Fifth Amendment due process by banning journalists without notice, hearing, or published standards.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) → · NPR, Bloomberg Law, Journal Record
Consumers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google alleging antitrust pact to slow AI development
Subscribers to paid artificial intelligence services sued Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google in the Northern District of California on September 18, 2026, alleging the companies formed an illegal horizontal agreement to slow frontier model improvements. The complaint claims public statements endorsing coordinated development pacing, presented as AI safety measures, constitute an unlawful restraint on output and product quality under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, depriving consumers of faster competitive innovations.
Corrected . An earlier version of this piece misquoted the complaint. It attributed to paragraphs 111 and 112 a sentence the complaint does not contain; the complaint's words, in paragraph 112, are now quoted. It quoted Sam Altman as writing "OpenAI will do the same"; the complaint quotes "will do the same." It placed quotation marks around several passages the complaint paraphrases, gave some paragraph numbers incorrectly, and said each plaintiff subscribed to one defendant's product; three plaintiffs allege subscriptions to all four. It also quoted Dario Amodei's essay beyond what the complaint quotes. The piece now links the desk's copy of the complaint as filed.
Filing (U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. (ECF No. 1, LexRegister copy)) → · Bloomberg Law, Politico, The Hill +1
NYT plaintiffs unseal OpenAI and Microsoft quotes attacking fair-use defense
News plaintiffs led by The New York Times on September 17, 2026 made public previously redacted portions of a Southern District of New York summary-judgment filing against OpenAI and Microsoft. The filing quotes OpenAI and Microsoft executives describing chatbot products as largely substitutive for journalism and characterizing mass scraping of news for training as an unprecedented theft of labor, which the outlets say undercuts the companies' fair-use defense.
Filing (CourtListener RECAP) → · TechCrunch, Ars Technica
X Corp and SpaceXAI move to dismiss antitrust claims against Apple in Texas AI monopoly suit
Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI LLC moved to dismiss with prejudice their antitrust claims against Apple in Texas federal court on September 14, resolving allegations that Apple conspired with OpenAI to monopolize smartphone and generative AI markets. Plaintiffs stated the dismissal does not affect their ongoing antitrust claims against OpenAI entities. The filing did not disclose settlement terms. OpenAI stated it was not party to the agreement and requested disclosure of its terms.
Motion (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas) → · Reuters, CNBC, Al Jazeera +1
ACC sues The L Suite over Lloyd AI use of ACC materials and trademarks
On September 10, 2026 the Association of Corporate Counsel sued The Suite, Inc. (d/b/a The L Suite) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges Lloyd, The L Suite's in-house counsel chatbot, used ACC copyrighted benchmarking materials and ACC trademarks without authorization. ACC seeks an injunction and damages in the jury-demand complaint.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (via CourtListener)) → · Delaware Business Court Insider (Law.com)
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI copying and trademark dilution
The Seattle Times Company and Newsday LLC sued OpenAI entities and Microsoft in Manhattan federal court on September 4, alleging unauthorized copying of their journalism to train and operate AI products. The complaint asserted direct and vicarious copyright infringement, removal of copyright-management information, distribution of works stripped of that information, and federal and state trademark dilution. The publishers sought damages, an injunction and destruction of models and datasets incorporating their works.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) → · Reuters, GeekWire
Google's $10 million bid for Spirit Airlines' de-identified data draws union objections, a privacy ombudsman's report and a rival micro1 bid; hearing moved to September 16
Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy sale of de-identified internal data to Google for $10 million, won at an August 14 auction over Mercor's $7.5 million, faces limited objections from the flight attendants', pilots' and machinists' unions, a consumer privacy ombudsman's report, and micro1's notice of a competing bid. Judge Sean Lane's approval hearing in the Southern District of New York, adjourned twice, is now set for September 16, with replies due September 14.
Filing (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y. (via Epiq)) → · Epiq (claims agent docket), Reuters, Bloomberg Law +2