news Cloud Tech Policy 2026-10-15

Appellate Court Affirms Westlaw Headnotes Cannot Be Freely Used for AI Training

A federal appeals court ruled that Westlaw headnotes are protected by copyright and that using them to train a competing legal AI tool does not qualify as fair use under the law.

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