take legal action

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: to do start a lawsuit against someone : to sue someone

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Tennessee this year was the first state to take legal action to protect musicians and artists from AI, passing a bill to try to ensure that AI tools aren’t used to replicate artists’ voices without their consent, according to The Associated Press. —

Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024 The Shabazz family’s plans to take legal action against the government and its agencies were first announced by Crump in Feburary 2023, on the 58th anniversary of Malcolm X’s murder, which occurred at Harlem’s former Audubon Ballroom in 1965. —

Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024 India has been asking countries like Canada, Australia, and the U.K. to take legal action against Sikh activists. —

Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 Could her family take legal action against Amazon or the author for publishing it? —

Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take legal action

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