Rita F. Lin
Rita F. Lin is a United States district judge for the Northern District of California, based in San Francisco. Nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in September 2023, she previously served as a judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court and as an assistant United States attorney. She is known for presiding over significant cases involving technology and national security, including litigation concerning the Trump administration's designation of AI company Anthropic as a supply-chain risk to national security.
“The Pentagon's attempt to use national security framing to blacklist Anthropic was struck down, establishing a legal precedent that government retaliation against AI firms has constitutional limits.”
Source→“I don't see additional evidence from the government really justifying what it did. If anything, it seems like the record, in some ways, has gotten worse for the government. — U.S. District Judge Rita Lin”
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