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OpenAI could rely on the lack of legal precedent if it faced a lawsuit, but those that follow will no longer be able to do so, Calo warned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Is there precedent for this sort of argument?

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Three dissents in the same direction is rare; a fourth or fifth dissent on the 12-person committee would be without precedent in the modern era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The record payout was a modest win for copyright holders, setting a precedent as a wave of AI-related lawsuits works its way through courts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

But the Dreamers have improved themselves, and the damming of seas for voltage, the extraction of coal, the transmuting of oil into food, have enabled an expansion in plunder with no known precedent.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

She went all-out, enthusiastically applying a maximalist interpretation of Supreme Court precedents.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

And some of that line crossing could set dangerous precedents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have invoked the policies of the first Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, as precedents for President Trump’s trade agenda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"In the legal field, AI is used for research, finding precedents, and sometimes generating text," said Charlotin.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot