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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, TORT CLAIMS—3d Cir.: Startup’s copying of Westlaw headnotes for AI training was not fair use, (Oct 2, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Crowell & Moring LLP | Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
    Organizations Mentioned:Crowell & Moring, LLP | Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, LLP | ROSS Intelligence Inc. | Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH

    By Thomas Long, J.D.

    Impact of first appellate court decision on AI and copyright fair use is limited because generative AI was not involved, and defendant’s use of headnotes for competing research product was not transformative.

    A tech startup’s copying of ...

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