{"slug": "every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company", "title": "Every lawsuit against an AI company", "summary": "A court-record tracker counts 248 lawsuits against 76 AI companies across 14 jurisdictions, with the Third Circuit affirming Judge Bibas's summary-judgment ruling for Thomson Reuters against ROSS Intelligence on September 29, 2026, holding Westlaw headnotes copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train its AI tool infringing. In the same period, Judge Mehta dismissed Chegg's and Penske Media's antitrust suits against Google over AI Overviews on September 30, 2026, and Judge Corley denied ByteDance's motion to dismiss Ted Entertainment's First Amended Complaint on October 2, 2026. The tracker also lists the New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft case, where cross-motions for summary judgment were filed in MDL 25-md-03143 on September 4, 2026, and Bartz v. Anthropic, where Judge Martínez-Olguín approved the class payment distribution plan on September 15, 2026 with initial payments due by November 15, 2026.", "body_md": "Last reviewed against the court record\n\n# Every lawsuit against an AI company, and where it stands\n\nStatus, court, judge and sources for each of 248 cases against 76 companies in 14 jurisdictions, checked against the court record.\n\nPopular: [OpenAI](https://ailawsuittracker.com/companies/openai/) [Anthropic settlement](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/bartz-v-anthropic/) [NYT v. OpenAI](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/new-york-times-v-openai/) [Judge Stein](https://ailawsuittracker.com/judges/stein/) [Suno](https://ailawsuittracker.com/companies/suno/)\n\n## Latest developments\n\n[All cases](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/)\n\n1. \nS.D.N.Y. Active[Wistisen v. Alibaba (AI distillation securities suit)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/wistisen-v-alibaba-group-holding-limited-1-26-cv-06654/)Lead-plaintiff motions were due October 5, 2026\n2. \nN.D. Cal. Active[Ted Entertainment v. ByteDance](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/ted-entertainment-inc-v-bytedance-inc-3-25-cv-10933/)Judge Corley denied ByteDance's motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint October 2, 2026, after oral argument September 24, 2026\n3. \nD. Minn. → 8th Cir. Active[X.AI LLC v. Ellison (Minnesota AI 'nudification' ban)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/x-ai-llc-v-ellison-0-26-cv-03425/)Eighth Circuit granted xAI's motion for an injunction pending appeal October 2, 2026, after the district court denied a preliminary injunction September 4, 2026\n4. \nD.D.C. Dismissed[Chegg v. Google (AI Overviews)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/chegg-inc-v-google-llc-1-25-cv-00543/)Judge Mehta granted Google's motion to dismiss September 30, 2026, holding Chegg's antitrust claims were not adequately pleaded\n5. \nD.D.C. Dismissed[Penske Media v. Google (AI Overviews)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/penske-media-corporation-v-google-llc-1-25-cv-03192/)Judge Mehta granted Google's motion to dismiss without prejudice September 30, 2026, holding the reciprocal-dealing, tying and monopolization claims were not adequately…\n6. \nS.D.N.Y. Active[Hachette Book Group v. Google](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/hachette-book-group-inc-v-google-llc-1-26-cv-05870/)On September 29, 2026 Google cited Judge Castel's transfer of Elsevier v. Meta in support\n7. \nD. Del. Decided[Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/thomson-reuters-v-ross-intelligence-1-20-cv-00613-3d-cir-25-8018/)Third Circuit affirmed Judge Bibas's summary-judgment ruling for Thomson Reuters September 29, 2026: Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train…\n\n## The cases shaping AI law\n\n[All 248 cases](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/)\n\n1. \n[New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/new-york-times-v-openai/)Cross-motions for summary judgment filed in MDL 25-md-03143 September 4, 2026 S.D.N.Y.No. 1:23-cv-11195Active\n2. \n[Bartz v. Anthropic](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/bartz-v-anthropic/)Judge Martínez-Olguín approved the class payment distribution plan September 15, 2026 (initial payments by Nov. 15, 2026); final approval July 20, 2026; fee award appealed August 2026 N.D. Cal.No. 3:24-cv-05417Settled\n3. \n[Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/thomson-reuters-v-ross-intelligence-1-20-cv-00613-3d-cir-25-8018/)Third Circuit affirmed Judge Bibas's summary-judgment ruling for Thomson Reuters September 29, 2026: Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train its AI tool was not… D. Del.No. 1:20-cv-00613Decided\n4. \n[Kadrey v. Meta Platforms](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc-3-23-cv-03417/)Remaining claims in discovery; Judge Chhabria granted Meta additional discovery on the new contributory-infringement claim August 11, 2026 N.D. Cal.No. 3:23-cv-03417Active\n5. \n[GEMA v. OpenAI](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/gema-v-openai/)Decided at first instance November 11, 2025 (LG München I, largely for GEMA); OpenAI has appealed to the Munich Higher Regional Court LG München INo. 42 O 14139/24Decided\n6. \n[Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/getty-images-v-stability-ai-uk-2025-ewhc-2863-ch/)Decided Nov 4, 2025 ([2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)); Getty granted permission to appeal the secondary copyright infringement ruling on Dec 16, 2025 High Court of England and WalesNo. IL-2023-000007Decided\n7. \n[Garcia v. Character Technologies et al.](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/garcia-v-character-technologies-et-al-6-2024cv01903/)Mediated settlement filed; case terminated January 7, 2026 M.D. Fla.No. 6:2024cv01903Settled\n8. \n[Amazon v. Perplexity AI (first CFAA suit against an AI agentic browser)](https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/amazon-com-services-llc-v-perplexity-ai-inc-3-25-cv-09514/)Ninth Circuit vacated preliminary injunction and remanded August 4, 2026; rehearing en banc denied September 10, 2026 N.D. Cal.No. 3:25-cv-09514Active\n\n## Browse the tracker\n\n### By plaintiff\n\n[How we classify plaintiffs](https://ailawsuittracker.com/by-plaintiff/#methodology)\n\n## Get new filings and rulings by email\n\nThe weekly email on new filings, rulings and settlements, and an alert when we add a new case. Free.\n\nPro · $29 a month\n\nAlerts on the cases and companies you follow, including rulings and settlements, the full hearing calendar, damages table and docket watch, and three-way case comparison. Start with a 7-day free trial.\n\n[See Pro](https://ailawsuittracker.com/pro/)\n\n## What is the AI Lawsuit Tracker?\n\nThe AI Lawsuit Tracker is a free, continuously updated database of every major artificial-intelligence lawsuit filed in the United States, the EU, and the UK. It catalogues 248 active and resolved cases against 76 AI companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Perplexity — with dockets, rulings, settlements, and primary-source filings refreshed weekly. Coverage spans copyright, deepfakes and likeness, privacy and biometrics, antitrust, and AI employment discrimination.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company", "canonical_source": "https://ailawsuittracker.com/", "published_at": "2026-10-11 05:26:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-11 05:51:02.235057+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Google", "Thomson Reuters", "Ross Intelligence", "Meta Platforms", "ByteDance", "New York Times"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/every-lawsuit-against-an-ai-company.jsonld"}}