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Anthropic sued in federal court in California, arguing the Pentagon’s national‑security blacklist designation violates its constitutional rights and seeks to block federal agencies from enforcing the restrictions. Read that complaint here.
- The Pentagon imposed the designation after Anthropic refused to relax guardrails on using its AI for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance—limits that had been the subject of months of tense negotiations.
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A second lawsuit filed in the D.C. Circuit challenges a broader “supply‑chain risk” label, which could trigger a government‑wide blacklist; Anthropic says the move threatens its business and sets a dangerous precedent for tech companies negotiating military‑use restrictions. Read that complaint here.
- The dispute highlights high‑stakes tensions over AI in national security, with potential ripple effects for federal procurement and other AI firms, as President Trump ordered agencies to stop using Claude and the Pentagon insists on unrestricted flexibility for lawful military uses.
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Jack Queen has more here.
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Litigation: U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston will consider whether to dismiss a lawsuit over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in the city discriminates against white and Asian students.
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EEOC: UPenn will ask U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert in Philadelphia to rule that it doesn’t need to identify Jewish faculty members for an antisemitism probe, testing the EEOC’s broad subpoena power.
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Second Amendment: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of the state’s ghost gun ban.
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Voting rights: The Missouri Supreme Court will consider whether state legislators violated the state constitution by redistricting.
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IP: The 9th Circuit will hear an appeal from singer and actress Marva King of a lower court’s dismissal of her lawsuit accusing filmmaker Tyler Perry of infringing her trademarks by featuring her name in movie credits. Read the lower court order here.
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Judiciary: The U.S. Judicial Conference, the judiciary's top policymaking body, is slated to hold a meeting and discuss potential policy changes and issues concerning the nation's federal court system.
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Antitrust: The trial of a mass lawsuit against Sony worth up to 6 billion pounds over claims the PlayStation maker abused its dominant position leading to unfair prices for customers will begin at London's Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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A former assistant dean who led efforts to recruit and support minority students at Rutgers Law School sued the university for harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination. Clifford Dawkins Jr. alleges he was targeted by senior law school officials after questioning how funds raised for his program were spent and seeking to expand the program’s mission after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 banned the consideration of race in admissions. Read the complaint.
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"It shows absolute disrespect for the court, for the jury, for this entire process, and it is entirely unacceptable." |
—U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan questioned why the DOJ and Live Nation had not informed the court sooner about a settlement in an antitrust case targeting Live Nation’s dominance in the live‑events industry that was signed on Thursday. An attorney for the DOJ said she was not aware of the settlement as the trial proceeded on Friday. The proposed settlement throws the case into chaos in the middle of what was to be a weeks-long trial. New York and 24 other states plus Washington, D.C., have said the settlement falls short, and plan to press ahead with their claims. Read more here.
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