Federal Judge Approves Historic $1.5 Billion Anthropic Copyright Settlement

A federal judge in San Francisco has granted final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers who accused the artificial-intelligence company of illegally downloading copyrighted books and using them in the development of its Claude chatbot. The agreement represents the largest known copyright settlement in United States history and marks a significant […]

U.S. Trade Commission Investigates Samsung Over Alleged Memory-Chip Patent Violations

U.S. trade regulators have opened an investigation into Samsung Electronics and several major technology companies following allegations that Samsung’s memory chips infringe patents owned by California-based Netlist. The case could affect products sold by Google, Nvidia, Broadcom and Super Micro Computer because those companies allegedly use the disputed Samsung components in servers and other advanced […]

Survivors of the Uvalde massacre file a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit against police entities, the school district and others

Survivors of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against various Texas law enforcement agencies, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, names the city, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the Uvalde School District Police Department, the Uvalde Police […]