Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly, now representing OpenAI, asked Judge Stein for leave to file a reply to the Book Authors’ Class Plaintiffs’ opposition to OpenAI’s objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege. Given the importance of the attorney-client privilege, I expect Judge Stein to grant OpenAI’s reply request.
For more on the waiver ruling and OpenAI’s Rule 72(a) objection to the waiver ruling:
The Class Plaintiffs then filed their opposition:
DOWNLOAD THE CLASS PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION
And now OpenAI is seeking to file a reply to support its motion:
OpenAI’s letter to Judge Stein asking for leave to file reply
OpenAI’s proposed Reply
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As I’ve written about extensively, I believe OpenAI has strong arguments that the Magistrate Judge committed legal error in finding a waiver of attorney-client privilege. See below.