Law, disrupted
Law, disrupted
Law, disrupted
Perplexity Wins Landmark Victory Against Amazon at Intersection of Agentic AI and E-Commerce
27 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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John is joined by Daniel C. Posner, a partner in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office, and Renita N. Sharma, a partner in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office. Together, they discuss the recent victory secured by a team led by John, Dan, and Renita in the Amazon v. Perplexity case before the Ninth Circuit. The case addressed how the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) applies to agentic AI. Perplexity’s Comet browser includes an AI assistant that performs multi-step tasks for users, including shoppi...