{"slug": "3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is", "title": "3rd Circuit Issues Opinion in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Case, But For Now It Is Sealed", "summary": "The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a sealed opinion in the copyright case Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, the now-shuttered AI legal research company, and directed the parties to submit proposed redactions with reasons within 10 days. The court will then decide whether to accept the redactions and unseal the opinion in an appropriate form. The opinion's substance remains unavailable to the public pending that review.", "body_md": "The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but the opinion is, at least for now, sealed and not viewable by the public.\n\nThe court issued the opinion under seal together with an order stating only as follows:\n\n*“The opinion in this matter has been temporarily filed as a sealed document. The parties are hereby directed to provide the Court with proposed redactions from the opinion, together with the reason for each redaction within 10 days of the date of this order. The Court will then determine whether to accept the proposed redactions and will unseal the opinion in an appropriate form. Proposed redactions are to be filed with the Clerk’s office using the SEALED response event in ECF.”*\n\nFor further background on this case, see my [archive of coverage](https://www.lawnext.com/category/thomson-reuters-v-ross).\n\nMeanwhile, stay tuned for further development.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is", "canonical_source": "https://www.lawnext.com/2026/09/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is-sealed.html", "published_at": "2026-09-29 16:53:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-29 17:22:30.274087+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals", "Thomson Reuters", "ROSS Intelligence"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/3rd-circuit-issues-opinion-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross-case-but-for-now-it-is.jsonld"}}