On April 21, 2026, Judge Stein granted by joint stipulation of the parties in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAI and Gracenote v. OpenAI. The cases will be put on the shelf, for now. These cases were filed very late and the rest of the MDL Litigation v. OpenAI is nearing the end of discovery.
“JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ACTION: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES THAT, subject to the Court’s approval, as follows:
1. All proceedings and deadlines in the above-captioned Action are hereby stayed pending resolution of summary judgment motions in the other active cases in this multidistrict litigation.
2. Within 30 days of rulings on such motion(s) in the MDL, the parties shall file a joint status report in this Action to propose a case management conference and any appropriate further proceedings in light of the MDL decision.
3. While this stay is in effect, any party may move to lift the stay for good cause shown. Nothing in this stipulation shall preclude any party from seeking such relief, if necessary, or from seeking any other appropriate relief from the Court. SO ORDERED.: