According to CoinMeta, a ruling by the D.C Circuit Court on September 25, 2026, essentially dismantled the legal protections that Anthropic had for its safety commitments. In the case of Anthropic PBC v. the Department of Defense, the court ruled 2-1 in favor of the Pentagon's decision to list Anthropic as a supply chain risk, based on Section 4713 of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act. This ruling set a precedent: voluntary safety restrictions by laboratories, such as refusing to assist with deadly autonomous weapons or large-scale surveillance, can be legally considered a burden to national security.