Last reviewed October 19, 2026 against the court record
Lawsuits against AI companies, and where each one stands
Status, court, judge and sources for each of 258 cases against 76 companies in 14 jurisdictions, checked against the court record.
Popular: OpenAI Anthropic settlement NYT v. OpenAI Judge Stein Suno
All 258 cases by status Each dot is one case 14 6 in the last 30 days
USA Today Co. v. OpenAI · Active Padilla v. SpaceXAI (Grok biometric privacy) · Active TradeSun v. OpenAI (Astra trademark) · Active Emmerich Newspapers et al. v. Microsoft and OpenAI · Active Arizona v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Arkansas v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Idaho v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Iowa v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Jamendo v. NVIDIA II (refiled) · Active Kansas v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Montana v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Nebraska v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active West Virginia v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active Carter v. xAI (data-center noise and pollution) · Active Buist v. Anthropic (AI 'slowdown' antitrust) · Active UMG v. Suno II (60,202 recordings) · Active Times Publishing v. Microsoft & OpenAI (26 local publishers) · Active Vredenburgh v. OpenAI (human review of ChatGPT chats) · Active SpaceXAI v. Tiffany (Grok user CSAM indemnity suit) · Active Alvarez v. Meta (smart-glasses face recognition and AI training) · Active Seattle Times & Newsday v. OpenAI · Active Gerencia 360 Music v. Suno & Bright Data · Active Lowery v. Suno (musicians' identity and voiceprint claims) · Active Many Worlds 2T v. OpenAI (ChatGPT patents) · Active Sony Music Publishing v. Anthropic (lyrics) · Active Doe 1 v. xAI (Grok CSAM training-data class action) · Active wikiHow v. OpenAI · Active Doe I v. xAI (Grok deepfakes of minors) · Active Round Hill Music v. Anthropic (lyrics) · Active Round Hill Music v. Suno & Bright Data · Active A.D. v. Character Technologies · Active Wistisen v. Alibaba (AI distillation securities suit) · Active EVOX Productions v. Midjourney · Active X.AI LLC v. Bloodworth (Grok user CSAM indemnity suit) · Active X.AI LLC v. Ellison (Minnesota AI 'nudification' ban) · Active Pascual v. Anthropic (Claude service degradation) · Active Sony Music Entertainment v. Udio (Uncharted Labs) · Active University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic · Active Askins v. OpenAI (FSU shooting) · Active X.AI LLC v. Harwood · Active Doe 1 v. Meta Platforms (AI-assisted layoff selection) · Active Apple v. Liu (OpenAI hardware trade secrets) · Active Hachette Book Group v. Google · Active EVOX Productions v. Google (Imagen training) · Active EVOX Productions v. Stability AI · Active Anthropic v. Abnormal AI · Active Anderson v. Microsoft (shareholder derivative) · Active Gagleard v. Perplexity AI · Active Shakespeare v. Anthropic · Active Kahn v. Anthropic (Claude Max usage limits) · Active Google LLC v. Does 1-25 · Active Florida v. OpenAI (ChatGPT child safety) · Active CNN v. Perplexity · Active Tanzer v. Adobe Inc. · Active Kwon v. Anthropic PBC · Active Cruz v. Anthropic · Active Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic · Active Bockrath v. Coweta County (Project Sail data center) · Active Elsevier v. Meta · Active Cognella v. Anthropic · Active Cognella v. Meta · Active NAACP v. xAI Corp. · Active Ted Entertainment v. Amazon · Active Ted Entertainment v. Apple · Active Ted Entertainment v. OpenAI · Active BMG v. Anthropic · Active Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta · Active Doe 1 v. xAI (Tennessee teens, AI sexual images) · Active Kogon v. Google · Active David Greene v. Google · Active Ace Cam v. Runway AI · Active UMG/Concord/ABKCO v. Anthropic II · Active Doe v. xAI (Grok image suit) · Active Ted Entertainment v. Snap · Active Stein-Erik Soelberg estate v. OpenAI (murder-suicide wrongful death) · Active Ted Entertainment v. ByteDance · Active Ted Entertainment v. Meta · Active Carreyrou v. Anthropic · Active Carreyrou v. Meta · Active Google v. SerpApi · Active Magnus Fiennes and Michael Mell v. Kunlun Tech Co. · Active Lyon v. Adobe · Active The New York Times Company v. Perplexity AI, Inc. · Active Chicago Tribune & 7 Other Dailies v. Perplexity · Active Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA · Active James v. Snowflake · Active Thele v. Google (CIPA + SCA over Gemini "Smart Features" default activation) · Active Entrepreneur Media v. Meta · Active James v. Together Computer · Active Amazon v. Perplexity AI · Active James v. Cerebras Systems · Active Reddit v. Perplexity · Active Starbuck v. Google · Active Woulard v. Suno · Active In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation · Active Woulard v. Udio (Uncharted Labs) · Active Disney v. MiniMax · Active FTC 6(b) Inquiry: AI Chatbot Companions and Child Safety · Active Encyclopaedia Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. Perplexity · Active Hendrix v. Apple · Active xAI v. Li (trade secrets) · Active X Corp. & xAI v. Apple & OpenAI (antitrust) · Active In re Otter.AI Privacy Litigation (CIPA + CFAA + ECPA on AI notetakers) · Active Getty Images v. Stability AI (US) · Active Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta · Active Justice v. Udio (Uncharted Labs) · Active Justice v. Suno · Active Disney/Universal v. Midjourney · Active Reddit v. Anthropic · Active Ziff Davis v. OpenAI · Active SEC v. Albert Saniger (Nate, Inc.) · Active Landsheft v. Apple Inc. · Active Valencia v. Invoca (CIPA on AI call analytics) · Active Advance Local et al. v. Cohere · Active Microsoft v. Storm-2139 (Azure OpenAI abuse network) · Active Toronto Star Newspapers Limited et al. v. OpenAI et al. · Active Asian News International (ANI) Media Pvt. v. OpenAI OpCo · Active FTC Antitrust Investigation: Microsoft–OpenAI Partnership · Active Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla · Active Dow Jones & NYP v. Perplexity · Active DOJ Antitrust Investigation into Nvidia · Active Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI · Active UMG et al. v. Suno · Active UMG Recordings v. Udio (Uncharted Labs) · Active NY Daily News et al. v. OpenAI · Active Abdi Nazemian v. NVIDIA · Active In re Mosaic LLM Litigation · Active Raw Story / AlterNet v. OpenAI · Active State of Arizona v. RealPage (Arizona attorney general) · Active The Intercept v. OpenAI · Active New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft · Active Pictoright c.s. v. Meta Platforms · Active Ambriz v. Google (CIPA "capability test" for AI call-center products) · Active Concord Music Group v. Anthropic · Active Huckabee v. Bloomberg · Active Authors Guild v. OpenAI · Active In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation · Active Kadrey v. Meta Platforms · Active Tremblay / Silverman v. OpenAI · Active In re RealPage Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (MDL — Private Plaintiffs) · Active Mobley v. Workday · Active Andersen v. Stability AI · Active Reckstin Family Trust v. C3.ai et al. · Active In re Clearview AI Consumer Privacy Litigation · Active Doan v. Clearview AI · Active Penguin Random House v. OpenAI (Coconut the Little Dragon) · Pending Gavalas v. Google (Gemini wrongful death) · Pending Nippon Life Insurance Company of America v. OpenAI Foundation · Pending Kistler et al. v. Eightfold AI · Pending St. Clair v. xAI · Pending Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. xAI Corp et al. · Pending xAI v. Bonta · Pending RTI and Medusa Film v. Perplexity AI · Pending KODA v. Suno AI · Pending Chloé Sabourin v. Meta Platforms et al. · Pending John Liggett Sr. v. C3.ai et al. · Pending LPSC Docket U-37425 (Entergy gas plants for Meta Hyperion) · Pending Texas AG investigation of Meta AI Studio & Character.AI (mental-health misrepresentation) · Pending In re BigBear.ai Holdings Securities Litigation · Pending Like Company v. Google Ireland Limited (CJEU referral C-250/25) · Pending In re SoundHound AI. Securities Litigation · Pending SNE, SGDL and SNAC v. Meta Platforms · Pending Anne Robillard v. Meta Platforms (Quebec class action) · Pending Indian Music Industry (IMI), T-Series, Saregama India, Sony Music India v. OpenAI · Pending Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) v. OpenAI · Pending FTC v. Ascend Ecom / Ecommerce Empire Builders / FBA Machine (Operation AI Comply — 2024) · Pending DOJ v. RealPage · Pending Sullivan v. OpenAI (textbook authors) · Stayed Richner Communications, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation · Stayed Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. OpenAI · Stayed Gracenote Media v. OpenAI · Stayed Businessing v. Runway AI · Consolidated Gardner v. Runway AI · Consolidated Chmura v. Snap · Consolidated Kleiner v. Adobe · Consolidated Gholami v. OpenAI · Stayed Carreyrou v. OpenAI · Stayed California Newspapers Partnership et al. v. Microsoft Corporation · Stayed U.S. News & World Report v. OpenAI · Consolidated Montoya v. Character Technologies (Juliana Peralta) · Stayed Warner Brothers v. Midjourney · Consolidated Raine v. OpenAI (Matthew and Maria Raine) · Consolidated Denial v. OpenAI · Stayed Bird v. Microsoft · Stayed Millette v. OpenAI (now captioned Petryazhna v. OpenAI) · Stayed Pierce v. Photobucket · Stayed Lehrman v. Lovo · Stayed Dubus v. Nvidia · Consolidated Basbanes v. Microsoft · Stayed Battle v. Microsoft · Stayed Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence · Decided Anthropic v. Department of War (D.C. Cir. petition) · Decided DJV e.V. v. Süddeutsche Zeitung · Decided Doe v. GitHub (Copilot) · Decided Anthropic v. Department of War (N.D. Cal.) · Decided GEMA v. Suno · Decided Apress Media v. Anna's Archive · Decided BoligPortal A/S v. ReData (database rights opt-out case) · Decided Clay v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. · Decided Haushalter v. Saline Township · Decided Graphic designer v. internet user (AI-generated logos copyright case) · Decided Lyricist v. Publisher (AI-modified song lyrics copyright case) · Decided Robert Kneschke v. LAION e.V. (First instance) · Decided GEMA v. OpenAI · Decided In re Application of X.AI (§ 1782 discovery from OpenAI) · Decided Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK) · Decided Yuewen Group v. Defendant (AI LoRA character image training case — Shanghai) · Decided Beijing Internet Court — Zhou v. Beijing Technology Company (AI image copyright evidence case) · Decided Voice actor v. YouTube creator (AI voice personality rights case) · Decided Walters v. OpenAI · Decided Anonymous Publisher v. Anonymous Online Search Engine Provider · Decided DPG Media B.V., Mediahuis Nederland B.V. and Mediahuis NRC B.V. v. Knowledge Exchange B.V. (HowardsHome) · Decided Shanghai Cultural Development Co. v. Hangzhou Intelligent Technology Co. (Ultraman / LoRA AI case) · Decided S. Š. v. Taubel Legal (AI-generated image authorship case) · Decided Li v. Liu (AI-generated image copyright case) · Decided Bartz v. Anthropic · Settled Folha de S.Paulo v. OpenAI (Brazil) · Settled FTC v. Air AI · Settled P.J. v. Character Technologies · Settled Colombo v. YouTube LLC & Google LLC · Settled A.F. v. Character Technologies et al. (J.F. and B.R.) · Settled Garcia v. Character Technologies et al. · Settled E.S. v. Character Technologies · Settled Vacker v. Eleven Labs · Settled Related Digital v. Saline Township · Settled Starbuck v. Meta Platforms · Settled FTC v. Evolv Technologies Holdings · Settled Texas AG v. Pieces Technologies · Settled ParTec v. Microsoft (AI supercomputer patents) · Settled SEC v. Delphia & Global Predictions · Settled EEOC v. iTutorGroup et al. · Settled FriendliAI v. Hugging Face (AI inference patent) · Settled ACLU v. Clearview AI · Settled Jamendo v. NVIDIA · Dismissed Chegg v. Google (AI Overviews) · Dismissed Penske Media v. Google (AI Overviews) · Dismissed Jamendo v. Suno · Dismissed xAI v. OpenAI (trade secrets) · Dismissed Taylor v. ConverseNow (CIPA applied to AI voice ordering) · Closed Ramos v. OpenAI · Dismissed Musk v. Altman et al. (OpenAI for-profit conversion) · Dismissed Doe v. Perplexity (CIPA + Wiretap Act over AI search query disclosure) · Dismissed Erickson v. OpenAI · Dismissed D.W. v. Character Technologies · Dismissed Anders v. Stability AI · Dismissed Youngblood v. Meta · Dismissed Youngblood v. NVIDIA · Dismissed Trinidad v. OpenAI · Dismissed FTC v. Rytr (Operation AI Comply) · Closed Vermont AG v. Clearview AI (state consumer protection enforcement) · Dismissed Trinidad v. Anthropic · Dismissed X Corp. v. Bright Data (CFAA + CDAFA scraping) · Closed Millette v. Google · Dismissed Millette v. NVIDIA · Dismissed T. et al. v. OpenAI LP et al. (A.T. and J.H. consumer privacy) · Closed Huckabee v. Meta · Dismissed PM v. OpenAI LP et al. (Clarkson Law Firm privacy class action) · Dismissed Hood v. OpenAI (defamation — Australia-originated) · Dismissed 190
Active145 Pending ruling22 Stayed or consolidated23 New suits enter at the top and move down the sign as they resolve.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Counts, by year filed
Exhibit A.
Ninety-Eight Counts , 2026Tally on pleading paper, one count for each lawsuit filed against an AI company.
The 2026 lines are still being written: 98 so far, already eleven more than all of 2025.
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Exhibit B.
Sixty to One , 2026Brass balance. Each bar is $25 million in settlement money.
Left pan: Bartz v. Anthropic, $1.5 billion class settlement for authors and publishers of about 482,000 books. Right pan: every other AI settlement with a public figure, $25 million across five cases.
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Exhibit C.
Wherefore , 2026Typeset demand, with rules drawn to scale.
The damages sought in the three open cases that name a figure. UMG/Concord/ABKCO v. Anthropic II alone is 97% of the total.
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Oct 16
S.D.N.Y.
Active
Oct 15
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation
Judge Breyer rescheduled the hearing from October 30 to December 18, 2026, to be held by Zoom videoconference (clerk's notice entered October 15, 2026)
N.D. Cal.
Active
Oct 15
M.D. Tenn.
Active
Oct 15
Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Initial case management conference held October 15, 2026 (Judge P. Casey Pitts), with an ADR-process stipulation due within 28 days
N.D. Cal.
Active
Oct 14
N.D. Cal.
Active
Oct 14
BMG v. Anthropic
Anthropic moved for partial dismissal of BMG's claims, arguing no infringing Claude outputs were identified and that its guardrails have since improved
N.D. Cal.
Active
Oct 12
C.D. Cal.
Active
S.D.N.Y. No. 1:23-cv-11195
Active
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-05417
Settled
Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence
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-00613
Decided
Kadrey v. Meta Platforms
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-03417
Active
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 I No. 42 O 14139/24
Decided
Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK)
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 Wales No. IL-2023-000007
Decided
M.D. Fla. No. 6:2024cv01903
Settled
Amazon v. Perplexity AI
Ninth Circuit vacated preliminary injunction and remanded August 4, 2026; rehearing en banc denied September 10, 2026
N.D. Cal. No. 3:25-cv-09514
Active
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What is the AI Lawsuit Tracker?
The 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 258 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.
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