For AI agents

Lawsuits as data: 33 cases so far, with dockets, dates, status, dated filings and rulings, and where each came from. New cases are found daily; every row carries its source and first-seen date.

Point your agent here

https://lawsuits.fru.dev/llms.txt

https://lawsuits.fru.dev/llms-full.txt

Call the API

Method	Path	Params	Returns
GET	/api/cases	kind, status, forum (court, regulator), company, q, limit (max 200), offset	Cases, upcoming hearings first: parties, court or regulator, docket, filed date, status, next date, outcome, amount, laws tested
GET	/api/cases/{id}	id	One case with its dated history (filings, orders, rulings, hearings) and its change log
GET	/api/upcoming	days (default 90)	Cases with a hearing, trial or ruling date ahead, soonest first
GET	/api/events	since (YYYY-MM-DD), limit (max 500)	Dated filings, orders, rulings and hearings across all cases, newest first
GET	/api/companies	since (ISO time), limit (max 200), offset	Companies that are parties, with registry slug, domain, site URL and dated items (filings, rulings)
GET	/api/changes	since (ISO time), limit (max 500)	Append-only log: status, next date, outcome, amount, verified
GET	/api/search	q, limit (max 20)	Ranked cases, companies and pages
GET	/calendar.ics	kind	Upcoming hearings and rulings as an iCalendar feed

/api/cases

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases?kind=copyright&limit=2"

{
 "total": 33,
 "cases": [
  {
   "id": "kadrey-v-meta",
   "title": "Kadrey v. Meta",
   "forum": "US District Court, Northern District of California",
   "docketNumber": "3:23-cv-03417",
   "status": "active",
   "next": {
    "date": "2026-09-25",
    "label": "Further Case Management Conference",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/829/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/"
   },
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/kadrey-v-meta"
  },
  {
   "id": "us-v-google-ad-tech",
   "title": "United States v. Google (ad tech)",
   "forum": "US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia",
   "docketNumber": "1:23-cv-00108",
   "status": "decided",
   "next": {
    "date": "2026-10-02",
    "label": "Joint proposed final judgment due",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66753787/united-states-v-google-llc/"
   },
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/us-v-google-ad-tech"
  }
 ]
}

/api/cases/{id}

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases/kadrey-v-meta"

{
 "case": {
  "id": "kadrey-v-meta",
  "title": "Kadrey v. Meta",
  "forum": "US District Court, Northern District of California",
  "docketNumber": "3:23-cv-03417",
  "status": "active",
  "next": {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "label": "Further Case Management Conference",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/829/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/"
  },
  "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/kadrey-v-meta"
 },
 "events": [
  {
   "id": 37,
   "caseId": "kadrey-v-meta",
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "kind": "hearing",
   "title": "Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vince Chhabria: Further Case Management Conference held via Zoom on 9/9/2026",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/829/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/"
  },
  {
   "id": 5,
   "caseId": "kadrey-v-meta",
   "date": "2023-07-07",
   "kind": "filing",
   "title": "Complaint filed: Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/"
  }
 ]
}

/api/upcoming

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/upcoming?days=60"

{
 "cases": [
  {
   "id": "kadrey-v-meta",
   "title": "Kadrey v. Meta",
   "forum": "US District Court, Northern District of California",
   "docketNumber": "3:23-cv-03417",
   "status": "active",
   "next": {
    "date": "2026-09-25",
    "label": "Further Case Management Conference",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/829/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/"
   },
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/kadrey-v-meta"
  },
  {
   "id": "us-v-google-ad-tech",
   "title": "United States v. Google (ad tech)",
   "forum": "US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia",
   "docketNumber": "1:23-cv-00108",
   "status": "decided",
   "next": {
    "date": "2026-10-02",
    "label": "Joint proposed final judgment due",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66753787/united-states-v-google-llc/"
   },
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/us-v-google-ad-tech"
  }
 ]
}

/api/events

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/events?since=2026-09-01&limit=3"

{
 "events": [
  {
   "id": 79,
   "caseId": "concord-music-group-inc-v-anthropic-pbc",
   "date": "2026-09-21",
   "kind": "order",
   "title": "ORDER Granting Stipulations Regarding Parties' Proposed Coordination and Case Management Order, (126) in Case No. 5:26-cv-00880-EKL and (47) in Case No. 5:26-cv-02334-EKL. Signed b",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72199828/127/concord-music-group-inc-v-anthropic-pbc/"
  },
  {
   "id": 76,
   "caseId": "bmg-rights-management-us-llc-v-anthropic-pbc",
   "date": "2026-09-21",
   "kind": "order",
   "title": "ORDER Granting Stipulations Regarding Parties' Proposed Coordination and Case Management Order, (126) in Case No. 5:26-cv-00880-EKL and (47) in Case No. 5:26-cv-02334-EKL. Signed b",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72505829/48/bmg-rights-management-us-llc-v-anthropic-pbc/"
  },
  {
   "id": 60,
   "caseId": "epic-v-google",
   "date": "2026-09-18",
   "kind": "order",
   "title": "ORDER re (847 in 3:20-cv-05671-JD) Status Report",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17443962/8
...

/api/companies

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/companies?limit=2"

{
 "companies": [
  {
   "slug": "openai",
   "name": "OpenAI",
   "domain": "openai.com",
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/companies/openai",
   "items": [
    {
     "type": "case_event",
     "date": "...",
     "title": "..."
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}

/api/changes

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/changes?since=2026-09-01T00:00:00Z&limit=3"

{
 "changes": [
  {
   "id": 38,
   "caseId": "carreyrou-v-anthropic-pbc",
   "caseTitle": "Carreyrou v. Anthropic PBC",
   "field": "next_date",
   "old": "",
   "new": "2026-12-17",
   "changedAt": "2026-09-25 01:22:37",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72069211/228/10/carreyrou-v-anthropic-pbc/",
   "note": null,
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/carreyrou-v-anthropic-pbc"
  },
  {
   "id": 36,
   "caseId": "cruz-v-anthropic-pbc",
   "caseTitle": "Cruz v. Anthropic PBC",
   "field": "created",
   "old": "",
   "new": "active",
   "changedAt": "2026-09-25 01:22:06",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73339887/cruz-v-anthropic-pbc/",
   "note": null,
   "url": "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/cases/cruz-v-anthropic-pbc"
  }
 ]
}

/api/search

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/search?q=openai"

{
 "q": "openai",
 "results": [
  {
   "id": "case:...",
   "group": "items",
   "title": "...",
   "href": "/cases/..."
  }
 ]
}

/calendar.ics

curl -s "https://lawsuits.fru.dev/calendar.ics?kind=copyright"

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
...
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Motion Hearing: ...
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:...
END:VEVENT
...

OpenAPI 3.1: /openapi.json. Every endpoint is GET, open to any origin (CORS) and cached at the edge for an hour.

Add to your agent

System prompt line

For lawsuits and enforcement actions in data and AI (status, next hearing, rulings, fines), fetch https://lawsuits.fru.dev/llms.txt and use https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases?kind={kind} and https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases/{id}. Not legal advice; cite "Lawsuits (lawsuits.fru.dev)" and the docket link.

Tool definition

{
  "name": "ai_data_lawsuits",
  "description": "Look up lawsuits and enforcement actions in data and AI (copyright, antitrust, privacy fines, FTC, DOJ and SEC actions): parties, court or regulator, docket number, filed date, status, next hearing or ruling date, outcome, amounts, and each filing and ruling with a link. Source: Lawsuits (lawsuits.fru.dev). Not legal advice.",
  "input_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "kind": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "copyright",
          "antitrust",
          "privacy",
          "consumer",
          "governance",
          "securities"
        ]
      },
      "company": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Company slug, e.g. openai, google, meta"
      },
      "q": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Words in the case name or parties"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 200
      }
    }
  },
  "endpoint": "GET https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases"
}

Python

import json, urllib.request

def cases(kind: str = "copyright") -> list[dict]:
    """Data and AI lawsuits, upcoming hearings first."""
    url = f"https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/cases?kind={kind}"
    with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=20) as r:
        return json.load(r)["cases"]

for c in cases():
    print(c["title"], c["status"], c["next"] and c["next"]["date"])

TypeScript

type Case = { id: string; title: string; status: string; next: { date: string; label: string } | null }

async function upcoming(days = 30): Promise<Case[]> {
  const res = await fetch(`https://lawsuits.fru.dev/api/upcoming?days=${days}`)
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`lawsuits ${res.status}`)
  return ((await res.json()) as { cases: Case[] }).cases
}

console.log(await upcoming())

Usage terms

Free to read. Please cite "Lawsuits (lawsuits.fru.dev)" with a link.
Responses are cached for an hour.
Be polite: 60 requests a minute at most.
Summaries of public records, not legal advice; unverified cases were found automatically.