After indicating at the hearing on January 8 that Elon Musk’s claims of fraud against Sam Altman in the founding of OpenAI must go to a jury due to sufficient factual issues, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wasted no time in setting a trial date.
The trial starts Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. with jury selection in federal district court in Oakland. The Court anticipates that jury selection will proceed all day. Plus, Judge Gonzalez Rogers has ordered that breakfast be served that day to the jurors. Generally, trial schedule will be Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. with two twenty-minute breaks.
The Judge’s Orders:
