Discussion

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  Oh @amir from Dis-Information, the Supply Chain Risk designation under 41 USC 4713 is in full force and effect. The USC 3252 preliminary injunction is on hold for 7 days while on appeal. At this moment, @AnthropicAI is a Supply Chain Risk under both sections of the statute.

• @charliebull0ck Charlie Bullock on x

  This is an important and currently overlooked point. The Pentagon declared Anthropic a supply chain risk under two different statutes, and Anthropic had to file two different parallel lawsuits challenging each designation separately. Anthropic now has a preliminary injunction

• @allinallnotbad Samuel Roland on x

  Particularly useful to note, the D.C. Circuit granting a preliminary injunction on 4713 is far less likely here.

• @alasdairpr Alasdair Phillips-Robins on x

  The ND Cal decision is a win for Anthropic, but there's a second Pentagon supply chain risk designation, which does the same thing as the first and isn't touched by the injunction. Anthropic will have to win twice to get the SCR order undone.

• @turn_trout Alex Turner on x

  Seem like good reasons for caution. DC circuit might rule much differently.

• @_nathancalvin Nathan Calvin on x

  Under Secretary Michael confirms Saif's point that even after Judge Lin's ruling, DOW still can (and intends to) enforce its supply chain risk designation against Anthropic under U.S.C. 4713, where the DC circuit has exclusive jurisdiction and has not yet ruled. [image]

• @khansaifm Saif M. Khan on x

  This is a resounding victory in the N.D. Cal. with @AnthropicAI winning on all issues. An important point, not widely noted, is that DoD issued two supply chain risk designations under separate authorities: 41 U.S.C. § 4713 and 10 U.S.C. § 3252. This ruling strikes down only the