Federal Judge Rules DOD Anthropic Supply Risk Designation Is Illegal

27 permanently blocked the Defense Department’s (DOD) “supply-chain risk” designation of Anthropic, delivering a legal victory to the artificial intelligence (AI) company amid an ongoing dispute over military access to its frontier AI models. Lin granted Anthropic summary judgment on its First Amendment, Fifth Amendment due process, and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) claims against the federal government, rejecting the designation that had