AI Lawsuits in New York

Every AI lawsuit pending or decided in New York courts — the publishing-industry hub of AI litigation.

33 cases · verified against public dockets · updated weekly

Encyclopedia Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. Perplexity
SDNY · Filed Sep 23, 2025
active

Direct copyright; Lanham Act false designation

Authors Guild v. OpenAI
SDNY · Filed Sep 19, 2023
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory (consolidates Alter/Sancton; with Basbanes)

Reddit v. Perplexity
SDNY · Filed Oct 22, 2025
active

Vicarious; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1); 1201(a)(1)(A)

Dow Jones & NYP v. Perplexity
SDNY · Filed Oct 21, 2024
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; Lanham Act

Condé Nast / Atlantic / Forbes et al. v. Cohere
SDNY · Filed Nov 18, 2025
active

Active

Tremblay / Silverman v. OpenAI
N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL · Filed Jun 28, 2023
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3); state law (consolidates Tremblay, Silverman, Chabon)

Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI
SDNY · Filed Jun 27, 2024
active

Direct copyright; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3)

UMG v. Udio
SDNY · Filed Jun 24, 2024
Settled

Partial Settlement

Raw Story / AlterNet v. OpenAI
SDNY → 2d Cir. · Filed Feb 28, 2024
Decided

DMCA 1202(b)(1) (rejected on MTD)

The Intercept v. OpenAI
SDNY · Filed Feb 28, 2024
active

DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3)

Advance Local et al. v. Cohere
SDNY · Filed Feb 13, 2025
active

Direct copyright; Lanham Act

New York Times v. Perplexity
SDNY · Filed Dec 5, 2025
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; Lanham Act (false designation, trademark)

New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft
SDNY · Filed Dec 27, 2023
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3); Lanham Act (consolidates Daily News, CIR)

Chicago Tribune & 7 Other Dailies v. Perplexity
SDNY · Filed Dec 2, 2025
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; Lanham Act

NY Daily News et al. v. OpenAI
SDNY · Filed Apr 30, 2024
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3); Lanham Act; state law

Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
Del. → SDNY MDL · Filed Apr 24, 2025
active

Direct copyright; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1)/(b)(3); 1201(A)(1) circumvention; trademark dilution; unjust enrichment

The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · Filed 2025-11-26
Pending

Publishers of nine regional newspapers, including The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC, allege that Microsoft and OpenAI systematically copied, stored, and used hundreds of thousands of their copyrighted news articles withou…

Petryazhna v. OpenAI
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · Filed 2024-08-02
Pending

Plaintiffs allege OpenAI surreptitiously transcribed millions of YouTube users' videos without authorization, including plaintiff Petryazhna's copyrighted videos such as "A Bubble World," and used the transcriptions to…

Lehrman v. Lovo
SDNY · Filed 2024-05-14
Dismissed

Direct copyright; contributory; state law

EEOC v. iTutorGroup. et al.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · Filed 2022-05-05
active

EEOC's first AI-based discrimination suit. iTutorGroup programmed its tutor-application software to automatically reject female applicants aged 55+ and male applicants aged 60+, rejecting 200+ qualified U.S.-based appli…

Ace Cam v. Runway AI
SDNY
active

DMCA 1201(a) (consolidated with Businessing)

Apress Media v. Anna's Archive
SDNY
active

Direct copyright

Basbanes v. Microsoft
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory (stayed/consolidated with Authors Guild)

Bird v. Microsoft
SDNY
active

Direct copyright (related to In re OpenAI MDL)

Businessing v. Runway AI
SDNY
active

DMCA 1201(a) (consolidated with Ace Cam)

California Newspaper Partnership v. Microsoft & OpenAI
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1)

Denial v. OpenAI
N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; DMCA 1202(b)(1); CFAA; state law

Gracenote Media v. OpenAI
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; unjust enrichment

Huckabee v. Bloomberg
SDNY
active

Direct copyright

Justice v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; DMCA 1201(a)

Millette v. OpenAI
N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL
active

Direct copyright; state law

U.S. News & World Report v. OpenAI
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; contributory; DMCA 1202(b)(1); trademark infringement/counterfeiting/dilution; state law

UMG Recordings v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
SDNY
active

Direct copyright; DMCA 1201(a)

Frequently asked questions

What major AI cases are in S.D.N.Y.?

New York Times v. OpenAI (Stein, J.) and the Authors Guild v. OpenAI MDL are the highest-profile S.D.N.Y. AI cases. The Daily News and Daily Mail publisher cases are also pending there.

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