# U.S. court rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful > Source: > Published: 2026-08-28 11:43:41+00:00 # U.S. court rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful By Matthias BastianSource: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com) A federal court in San Francisco has ruled that the Pentagon unlawfully classified [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) as a supply chain risk. The Department of Defense blacklisted the company in retaliation for its public criticism of government [AI policy](/category/policy). The designation formally remains in place because a parallel case in Washington is still pending. The ruling still sends an important signal ahead of Anthropic's planned IPO this fall. The article [U.S. court rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful](https://the-decoder.com/u-s-court-rules-pentagons-blacklisting-of-anthropic-was-unlawful/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com). Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.