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Parties ask for 3 week extension in OpenAI MDL Litigation. Summary Judgment briefing completed by Nov. 6, 2026
Read more: Parties ask for 3 week extension in OpenAI MDL Litigation. Summary Judgment briefing completed by Nov. 6, 2026The parties in the MLD Litigation involving OpenAI have asked Judge Stein to extend the current schedule by 3 weeks. That would move the completion of briefing on summary judgment from October 16 to November 6. One would expect a hearing on the motions. So it would make it less likely for any decision on…
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Calendar of depositions for Mira Murati, Ilya Sutskever, Dario Amodei, John Grisham
Read more: Calendar of depositions for Mira Murati, Ilya Sutskever, Dario Amodei, John GrishamSome high-profile depositions are taking place this month for the MDL litigation against OpenAI. Below is calendar of the depositions: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mike Trinh Simone Procas Mira Murati Barret Zoph \nBoston Consulting Group (30(b)(6)) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16…
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Court orders OpenAI to turn over Greg Brockman’s journal to Plaintiffs in MDL copyright suit. Plus, OAI employee Vinnie Monaco was unprepared for deposition re Project Giraffe guardrails
Read more: Court orders OpenAI to turn over Greg Brockman’s journal to Plaintiffs in MDL copyright suit. Plus, OAI employee Vinnie Monaco was unprepared for deposition re Project Giraffe guardrailsMagistrate Judge Wang just issued an important ruling on discovery disputes: Brockman’s journal came to light in the Elon Musk v. Sam Altman fraud lawsuit: Magistrate Judge Wang’s order:
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Judge Stein reverses Magistrate Judge’s ruling on OpenAI’s attorney-client privilege to deletion of Books 1, 2 datasets. Judge Stein: no waiver by OpenAI. Lisa Blatt secures huge win for OpenAI.
Read more: Judge Stein reverses Magistrate Judge’s ruling on OpenAI’s attorney-client privilege to deletion of Books 1, 2 datasets. Judge Stein: no waiver by OpenAI. Lisa Blatt secures huge win for OpenAI.Judge Stein issued the long-awaited decision on OpenAI’s appeal of Magistrate Judge Wang’s ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege as to the deletion of Books 1, 2 datasets. It’s a complete reversal and a major win for OpenAI, who hired Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt to brief the appeal. Trial attorney Robert Van Nast…
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Is Elon Musk hurting OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit defense? Potentially yes
Read more: Is Elon Musk hurting OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit defense? Potentially yesElon Musk’s tort lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged fraud (in soliciting his funds and help in starting a nonprofit only later to convert to a for-profit company in a bait-and-switch) may end up having collateral damage on OpenAI’s defense against the many copyright lawsuits in the MDL Litigation. Already OpenAI…
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OpenAI enlists 78 attorneys in its defense in MDL Litigation
Read more: OpenAI enlists 78 attorneys in its defense in MDL LitigationOpenAI is sparing no expense to mount its defense against the more than dozen copyright lawsuits OpenAI faces in the Multi District Litigation before Judge Stein. By my count, OpenAI has 78 attorneys now who are appearing in the case. The legal fees alone must be in at least the tens of millions, I’d expect.…
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2d Ciruit oral argument in Raw Story Media v. OpenAI (issue Art. III standing for DMCA CMI claim) set for Mar. 18, 2026
Read more: 2d Ciruit oral argument in Raw Story Media v. OpenAI (issue Art. III standing for DMCA CMI claim) set for Mar. 18, 2026The Second Circuit has set oral argument in Raw Story Media v. OpenAI (aka In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, No. 25-1756) for March 18, 2026. This appeal involves Article III standing for filing a DMCA CMI claim. The Ninth Circuit appeal in Doe 1 v. Github is set for Feb. 11, 2026 in San…
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Judge Stein grants OpenAI’s request for oral argument in appeal of Magistrate Judge ruling that OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege. OpenAI represented by SCOTUS litigator Lisa Blatt.
Read more: Judge Stein grants OpenAI’s request for oral argument in appeal of Magistrate Judge ruling that OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege. OpenAI represented by SCOTUS litigator Lisa Blatt.Judge Stein granted OpenAI’s request for oral argument for its appeal of Magistrate Judge Wang’s controversial ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege related to its deletion of Books 1, 2 datasets. Oral argument is set for January 16, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The order for oral argument also includes “OpenAI’ s objections (Dkt. Nos.…
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Lisa Blatt asks Judge Stein for leave to file reply to Book Authors’ opposition to challenge to Magistrate Judge’s ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilege
Read more: Lisa Blatt asks Judge Stein for leave to file reply to Book Authors’ opposition to challenge to Magistrate Judge’s ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilegeLisa 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.…
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Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis DMCA claim based on OpenAI’s alleged circumvention of robots.txt. Judge shuts down novel theory b/c robots.txt does not control access.
Read more: Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis DMCA claim based on OpenAI’s alleged circumvention of robots.txt. Judge shuts down novel theory b/c robots.txt does not control access.Judge Stein issued his ruling on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss some of the claims of Ziff Davis, the owner of Mashable and other online media. The biggest part of the ruling: Judge Stein dismissed Ziff Davis’s DMCA 1201 anti-circumvention claim. This is a novel theory being advanced in several cases. Judge Stein ruled that the…