By Mike Scarcella
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. legal technology company on Tuesday sued the federal government, challenging a directive by President Donald Trump's administration that resulted in the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic halting access to two of its most advanced models for users worldwide.
Legion LegalTech Corp filed its lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court, saying a June 12 order by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security unlawfully required Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for "any foreign national." Anthropic turned off access for all customers the same day to ensure compliance.
San Jose, California-based Legion says it depends on Anthropic's tools for its software platform and that the U.S. government's action immediately cut off access for members of its Canada-based software development team and disrupted its business. The company builds drafting and case-management tools for attorneys.
"The harm to Legion is immediate, irreparable, and existential," the lawsuit said. "The pace of frontier AI advancement is blistering, and competitive ground lost during a suspension cannot be regained after the fact."
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. legal technology company on Tuesday sued the federal government, challenging a directive by President Donald Trump's administration that resulted in the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic halting access to two of its most advanced models for users worldwide.
Legion LegalTech Corp filed its lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court, saying a June 12 order by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security unlawfully required Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for "any foreign national." Anthropic turned off access for all customers the same day to ensure compliance.
San Jose, California-based Legion says it depends on Anthropic's tools for its software platform and that the U.S. government's action immediately cut off access for members of its Canada-based software development team and disrupted its business. The company builds drafting and case-management tools for attorneys.
"The harm to Legion is immediate, irreparable, and existential," the lawsuit said. "The pace of frontier AI advancement is blistering, and competitive ground lost during a suspension cannot be regained after the fact."
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