OpenAI to seek transfer of AI copyright cases to Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). MDL would oversee discovery and all pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment.

Robert Van Nest sent a letter to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation indicating OpenAI’s intent to seek a transfer to the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), which, if OpenAI’s petition is granted, would then oversee all 8 copyright-related lawsuits against OpenAI from the Northern District of California and the Southern District of … Continue reading OpenAI to seek transfer of AI copyright cases to Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). MDL would oversee discovery and all pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment.