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Authors Escape OpenAI Bid for Entirety of ChatGPT Testing Data

Authors accusing OpenAI Inc. of copyright infringement persuaded a federal judge to partly overturn an order requiring them to share all of the methodology and data they used to test the flagship ChatGPT chatbot in preparation for their lawsuit.

By Annelise Gilbert

D.C. Must Face Fourth Amendment Claims Over Unreturned Phones

Black Lives Matter demonstrators and two journalists persuaded the D.C. Circuit Friday that they can bring Fourth Amendment claims against police officers who allegedly didn’t return their phones after arresting them at a 2020 protest.

Citibank to Pay $29.5 Million in Unwanted Robocalls Settlement

Citibank NA agreed to pay $29.5 million to settle a class action alleging it made debt-collection robocalls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, under a deal given initial approval by a federal court.

Wake Up Call: Clifford Chance Implements Remote Work Amid Riots

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

Gorsuch Says Excess Laws Hurting Americans While Promoting Book

US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said Americans are getting “whacked” by too many laws.

More Than 1,200 Tech Workers Sign Letter Backing Kamala Harris

A group of about 1,200 technology workers have pledged to back Kamala Harris’ presidential bid — part of an effort to show wide industry support for Democrats in Silicon Valley, outside of its most vocal investor class.

‘White Boy Rick’ Waited Too Long to Sue Detroit Law Enforcement

A notorious then-teenage drug-dealing informant in Detroit waited too long to sue state and federal law enforcement for what he said were egregious civil rights violations that stretched decades, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday.

Kirkland Masters Forum Shopping in Bankruptcy Cases (Podcast)

Kirkland & Ellis, the largest law firm in the world by revenue, has mastered the art of forum shopping for the many bankruptcy cases it handles. That’s the takeaway from a Bloomberg Law analysis of which courts the firm favors and when it chooses to start filing in a different court. James Nani and Ronnie Greene, two of the reporters behind that analysis, talk about it on this episode of our podcast, On The Merits.

Wake Up Call: UGA Law School Dean Rutledge Joins Morris Manning

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

Microsoft, Palantir Aim to Sell AI to US Defense, Spy Agencies

Microsoft Corp. and Palantir Technologies Inc. are combining their government cloud-computing and artificial intelligence tools in a bid to sell software, including OpenAI’s GPT-4, to US defense and intelligence agencies for top-secret tasks.