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Cathy Gellis

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  1. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Cathy Gellis

    supply chain – Techdirt (opens the original)

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    When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn’t agree to his dangerously unethical demands for what Claude should be able to do, Anthropic sued to challenge the directives. One of the challenges was brought in the Northern District of California, where Anthropic has now notched another significant win. While the previous victory resulted in a preliminary injunction being issued against Hegseth and his Department of Defense (unfortunately the court and Anthropic

  2. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Cathy Gellis

    dos – Techdirt (opens the original)

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    When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn’t agree to his dangerously unethical demands for what Claude should be able to do, Anthropic sued to challenge the directives. One of the challenges was brought in the Northern District of California, where Anthropic has now notched another significant win. While the previous victory resulted in a preliminary injunction being issued against Hegseth and his Department of Defense (unfortunately the court and Anthropic

  3. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Cathy Gellis

    Pete Hegseth And His Department Of Unconstitutional Revenge Lose Again In California (opens the original)

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    unfortunately the court and Anthropic referred to it by the Trump Administration’s nickname, “Department of War,” I don’t see what’s unfortunate about that. “Defense” was initially a hopeful name, but it didn’t take long to become a euphemism for everything associated with American military aggression, including war. Trump’s done a lot of ridiculous things, but is certainly not the one who turned American foreign policy from defense to offense. Until that policy meaningfully changes, I think we’

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Cathy Gellis

    liapes – Techdirt (opens the original)

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    A few years ago a California appeals court produced the unfortunate Liapes v. Facebook decision. In this decision, it gave the go-ahead to age discrimination claims under California’s Unruh Act resulting from ads not being served to users of certain ages. It’s a nonsensical application of anti-discrimination law, because ads are not themselves the goods and services that the Unruh Act governs but instead expression. Furthermore, for more than a century American media has been supported by an adv

  5. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Cathy Gellis

    ai ethics – Techdirt (opens the original)

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    I’ve been presenting at UC Law San Francisco Lexlab Law and AI certificate program its past several sessions, as well as some law school classes, on whether lawyers’ use of AI complies with the rules of professional conduct governing how lawyers must comport themselves or risk losing their licenses. The legal industry is keen to reap many of the benefits AI promises, such as streamlining some of the more arduous parts of the job and potentially making legal representation more affordable and/or

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