Plain-English takes on every major ruling.

We track every case. We don't editorialize on active disputes — we explain what courts actually decided, verbatim, and why it matters.

Featured · Apr 18 · 8 min read

What the Anthropic $1.5B settlement really means for AI companies

Why Bartz set the floor — not the ceiling — for damages in pirated-book training cases, and what Claude-era defendants should expect from the next wave of filings.

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Apr 12 · Explainer · 11 min

Why Germany is becoming the AI lawsuit capital of Europe

GEMA v. OpenAI rejected the TDM exception as applied to model memorization. That single sentence reshapes European AI training law for a generation.

Apr 05 · Primer · 6 min

Fair use and AI training: what courts have actually ruled

The U.S. fair-use scoreboard after Bartz, Kadrey, Thomson Reuters v. Ross, and NYT v. OpenAI — with the holdings quoted verbatim.

Mar 29 · Analysis · 9 min

NYT v. OpenAI explained in plain English

A walkthrough of the complaint, the motion-to-dismiss ruling, the 20M-log discovery order, and where summary judgment will land.

Mar 22 · Data report · 5 min

How much is the AI industry paying in settlements? We added it up.

Every publicly disclosed AI settlement amount as of Q1 2026, with links to the approval orders.

Mar 15 · Explainer · 10 min

The Getty v. Stability ruling: 3 things every AI founder missed

The UK High Court rejected the "model weights as infringing copies" theory — but left territorial training questions open.

Mar 08 · Analysis · 7 min

RAG lawsuits: why Perplexity, You.com, and others face new risk

Retrieval-augmented generation moves the fair-use debate from training to outputs. Here's what Dow Jones v. Perplexity tells us.