Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win in AI training lawsuit.

In February 2025, US District Court of Delaware Judge Stephanos Bibas ruled against Ross Intelligence, which argued that training its legal AI on data scraped from Thomson Reuters was fair use. Now an appeals court has upheld that decision, though it remains sealed.

Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win in AI training lawsuit.

TL;DR

  • An appeals court upheld a ruling against Ross Intelligence.
  • The ruling concerns the use of Thomson Reuters data for training legal AI.
  • Ross Intelligence had claimed fair use for its data scraping practices.
  • The original decision was made by Judge Stephanos Bibas in February 2025.
  • The appeals court's decision remains sealed.