> Clearview's attorney Andrew J. Lichtman said in a statement that “Clearview AI is vigorously defending itself against claims in multi-district litigation and therefore has served subpoenas to appropriate parties relating to its defense.”
> That litigation is a privacy case in Illinois district court that does not appear to involve Open The Government, Martinez or Lucy Parsons Labs. Clearview did not respond to a question on how the communications with journalists were relevant to the Illinois case.
If I understand this correctly, it's like a DNS amplification attack. They are involved in a case and they are claiming that these proportedly unrelated parties have information vital to their defence. They are using the court to send subpoenas on their behalf and consume their enemies resources until either they fold or tell them everything they want to know.