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Susman Godfrey
Susman Godfrey: 11 tracked AI moves since 2023 across ediscovery & litigation, other and compliance & regulatory.
Activity Index
37
Rising
Market rank
46
of 242 tracked firms
- Tracked since
- 2023
- Evidence records
- 11
- Capability areas
- 4
- Latest activity
- May 2026
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Susman Godfrey shows rising visible AI activity, with the strongest recorded concentration in ediscovery & litigation. No named technology relationship is yet established in the tracked evidence.
Analysis based only on published evidence tracked by TVPi; it is not a claim about unobserved firm activity.
Capability intelligence
Tracked capabilities and adoption
Areas inferred from public moves, with recency and supporting evidence visible at a glance.
eDiscovery & Litigation
6 movesSusman Godfrey Defeats NVIDIA's Motion to Dismiss in AI Training-Data Copyright Case
Other
2 movesSusman Godfrey Settles AI Supercomputer Patent Suit Against Microsoft Days Before Trial
Compliance & Regulatory
2 movesSusman Godfrey Secures $1.5 Billion Settlement in Landmark Anthropic AI Piracy Case
Activity intelligence
Momentum and strategy mix
Activity by quarter
Strategy move mix
- Other89%
- Product Adoption11%
Evidence ledger
Tracked activity
Every published record for this firm, newest first.
- OtherMay 8, 2026Observed
Susman Godfrey Settles AI Supercomputer Patent Suit Against Microsoft Days Before Trial
German supercomputing firm ParTec AG sued Microsoft alleging its Azure AI training/inferencing infrastructure infringed patents; Susman Godfrey's Justin Nelson led counsel, reaching a confidential settlement days before a scheduled June 2026 trial.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherMay 8, 2026Observed
Susman Godfrey Defeats NVIDIA's Motion to Dismiss in AI Training-Data Copyright Case
Susman Godfrey represents authors alleging NVIDIA trained NeMo Megatron and other LLMs on pirated 'The Pile' dataset content; the court denied NVIDIA's motion to dismiss in large part, and the presiding judge publicly praised the firm for giving a first-year associate the argument.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- Product AdoptionApr 27, 2026Observed
Susman Godfrey Confirmed as Harvey AI Customer
Harvey's blog post announcing its new Dallas office named Susman Godfrey among Texas firms it already works with, alongside Vinson & Elkins, Haynes Boone, and Jackson Walker.
Vendor Announcement · Reported confidence
- OtherApr 22, 2026Observed
Susman Godfrey Wins Ruling Advancing AI Copyright Claims Against Databricks
Susman Godfrey represents authors alleging Databricks/MosaicML copied pirated Books3/RedPajama datasets to train MPT and DBRX models; the court denied Databricks' motion to dismiss, allowing claims to proceed.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherFeb 23, 2026Observed
Susman Godfrey Partner Named Co-Lead Counsel in Consolidated AI Copyright Class Action Against Apple
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers appointed Susman Godfrey's Rohit Nath as co-lead counsel in a consolidated class action alleging Apple used pirated books to train 'Apple Intelligence.'
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- OtherSep 25, 2025Observed
Susman Godfrey Secures $1.5 Billion Settlement in Landmark Anthropic AI Piracy Case
Susman Godfrey (Justin Nelson co-lead) served as co-lead class counsel securing a $1.5 billion settlement from Anthropic PBC -- the largest known copyright recovery in US history -- for authors whose books were pirated from LibGen/PiLiMi to train Anthropic's models; final court approval granted July 21, 2026.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
Show 5 earlier records
- OtherSep 10, 2025Observed
Susman Godfrey Leads Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Suit Against Perplexity AI
Susman Godfrey serves as lead counsel for Britannica and Merriam-Webster alleging Perplexity's 'answer engine' infringed copyrights and trademarks via RAG-based reproduction of their content; the case is in active discovery.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherFeb 24, 2025Observed
Susman Godfrey Files AI-Related Antitrust Suits Against Google for Penske Media and Chegg
Susman Godfrey filed antitrust suits against Google on behalf of Penske Media (Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard) and Chegg, alleging Google leverages its search monopoly to force publishers to supply content for AI Overviews/Gemini training without compensation.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherOct 24, 2024Observed
Susman Godfrey's Ian Crosby Named to Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List
Business Insider named Ian Crosby the only lawyer among the nation's most powerful people in artificial intelligence, citing his role leading Susman Godfrey's AI copyright litigation.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherDec 27, 2023Observed
Susman Godfrey Leads New York Times' Copyright Suit Against Microsoft and OpenAI
Susman Godfrey (Ian Crosby lead counsel, Davida Brook co-lead) filed suit for the New York Times against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging ChatGPT was trained on millions of Times articles -- the first major newspaper-publisher suit against an LLM developer; motions to dismiss have been denied.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherNov 21, 2023Observed
Susman Godfrey Partner Named Interim Lead Class Counsel in OpenAI Copyright MDL
Justin Nelson was named Court-appointed Interim Lead Class Counsel for a consolidated multi-district class of book authors (including John Grisham and David Baldacci) against OpenAI and Microsoft in In re OpenAI Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation (SDNY); Davida Brook was separately named Liaison Counsel for all News Plaintiffs.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
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