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TJLP and Partners File FTC Complaint Concerning Mental Health Chat(ter)bots
Read more: TJLP and Partners File FTC Complaint Concerning Mental Health Chat(ter)botsOn June 10, 2025, TJLP joined a large group of consumer protection, privacy, labor, and democracy partners in filing a Complaint and Request for Investigation before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Complaint focuses on Character AI and Meta AI’s chatterbots that are offered to users as if they are legitimate, licensed mental healthcare providers.…
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Big Win in Our Character AI Lawsuit! TJLP Statement on the Motion to Dismiss Decision
Read more: Big Win in Our Character AI Lawsuit! TJLP Statement on the Motion to Dismiss DecisionMay 21, 2025 Link to TJLP Press Release (reproduced below). We applaud Judge Conway for her thoughtful and nuanced opinion today, allowing our client’s claims to go forward against defendants Character.AI, its co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel DeFreitas, and Google. In the decision, Judge Conway cut through the defendants’ faulty legal reasoning to reach the…
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District Court Erroneously Deals Blow to the California Age Appropriate Design Code
Read more: District Court Erroneously Deals Blow to the California Age Appropriate Design CodeWashington, D.C. – For the second time, Judge Labson Freeman has dealt a decisive blow to the California Age Appropriate Design Code (CAADC), flouting binding judgments from both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit to bring a scalpel, and not an axe, to her First Amendment analysis. Her decision would presumptively prohibit any…