Category: AI

Thomson Reuters CLEAR Settlement: What Californians Should Know

Written by Joseph Lyon on September 29, 2025. Posted in AI, Litigation Update.

A federal judge recently granted final approval to a $27.5 million settlement that resolves allegations against Thomson Reuters, the parent company of Reuters News, over its controversial CLEAR database. The case alleged that Thomson Reuters...

Anthropic AI Copyright Settlement Reshapes Training Data Rights

Written by Joseph Lyon on September 6, 2025. Posted in AI.

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers who alleged that their copyrighted works were used without permission to train the company’s large language models. The...

How Generative AI Litigation Is Changing the Meaning of “Fair Use”

Written by Joseph Lyon on September 3, 2025. Posted in AI.

Courts across the United States are grappling with whether long-standing copyright rules fit the new reality of machine learning. The outcomes of these cases will shape not only how AI systems are built but also how authors and creators are...

Facial scan of young woman, representing how a right of publicity lawyer stops misuse of identity.

California’s Automated Hiring Rules: AI Bias & ADS Compliance

Written by Joseph Lyon on September 2, 2025. Posted in AI.

California employers have been urged to carefully review their hiring, recruitment, and employee assessment tools. Effective October 1, 2025, California will implement new regulations governing how employers use automated-decision systems (ADS) in...