Kirkland & Ellis attorney explaining why he billed me 43.5 hours last Tuesday

Our first Settlement Scorecard is live! We just reviewed the $95 million Apple Siri settlement. The result? Let's just say it's not a proud moment. See the full breakdown here: leftsideofthev.substack.com/p/another-bad-…

💰 “Lottery-ticket” fees need to go. Why are we letting class action lawyers cash huge checks for deals that were already done? Skill should pay. Showing up shouldn’t. Full breakdown in my new substack: leftsideofthev.substack.com/p/the-winning-…

Putting aside the legal issues - the tech. Wow.

Glad P. Diddy isn't sucking up all the attention. While the nation is focused on that, the court is about to decide one of the biggest consumer privacy issues in history in NYT v. OpenAI—and incredibly, the 70 million Americans affected aren't even aware it's happening and have

Ever wonder what associates really get paid at nationally known plaintiffs’ firms? So did we. In this week’s Substack, we share exactly what we found out. lnkd.in/g48HyJ-c

NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

A federal court just ordered OpenAI to preserve every #ChatGPT conversation—past and future—including deleted chats. That means billions of of users’ private messages are at play. And the culprit? The New York Times I wrote about what’s at stake: thehill.com/opinion/techno…

I'm excited to be launching The Backroom, a new feature in my Substack where I'm talking about how billion-dollar cases actually settle. And I'm particularly looking forward to sharing my (fairly unique) philosophy of negotiation.

.Chris Krok spoke with high-profile attorney @JayEdelson about a recent federal court decision that has raised concerns for privacy advocates and everyday tech users alike. Edelson, founder and CEO of Edelson PC, warned that the ruling could open the door to mass surveillance

Nearly 550 plaintiffs could have their damages claims heard next year in the case against PacifiCorp. So far, damages have averaged more than $5 million per plaintiff. bizjournals.com/portland/news/…

fuckin hell man. this kid was crying out for help.

Today we filed a wrongful death suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman for a family whose 16-yr-old son Adam died by suicide after months of encouragement from ChatGPT. His parents are bravely fighting to prevent this from ever happening again. AI should never tell a child they don’t

Thanks for Squawk Box for giving us so much time to discuss the Raines' wrongful death case against Open AI and Sam Altman.

Our response to OpenAI's announcement today that it would "build[] more helpful ChatGPT experiences for everyone" in the wake of our lawsuit. files.edelson.com/twitter_redire…

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Record $1.5 Billion to Settle Author Class Action law.com/nationallawjou…

Josh Hawley (Josh Hawley) just demanded lots of information on chatbot policies from OpenAI, Meta, Google, CharacterAI and Snapchat.

Children are dead. Families are broken. I’m issuing document demands to Big Tech companies after the heart-wrenching testimony of parents who lost their children to suicide at the hands of AI chat bots. Time for Congress to act

Families testified at this week's Senate hearing about AI chatbots harming our children. Edelson PC proudly represented the Raine Family who shared their tragic story. Parents revealed how AI companies manipulated their kids, leading to self-harm, suicide & destroyed families.

1.5 BILLION ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT APPROVED A federal judge just granted preliminary approval of our groundbreaking $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic over their unauthorized downloading of over 480,000 pirated books to train their AI systems. We’re proud to represent