A San Francisco federal judge, Vince Chhabria, has criticized the legal team representing authors in a proposed class action lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of training its AI model on copyrighted books. Chhabria expressed strong disapproval of the Joseph Saveri Law Firm's performance, citing discovery lapses and denying their request for a three-month extension, but granting 14 days instead. He stated, 'I will not certify a class represented by this legal team. There is no way that I would find adequacy of representation.' The case involves high-profile authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman.
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The class-action lawyers in charge of the mislabeled "gamers' lawsuit" are in trouble in the same district (Northern California) because one of Judge Corley's peers, Judge Vince Chhabria, stated: “I will not certify a class represented by this legal team. There is no way that I…
BREAKING NEWS: Judge Chhabria chastised Joseph Saveri Law Firm for lapses in conducting discovery and then asking for 3 months extension. He denied the request, but granted 14 days. But he said he won’t certify a class represented by Saveri. Full story: https://t.co/WiAk1qqIB3 https://t.co/FvpLr72XET