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Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismissThe MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft is trudging along. Judge Stein held oral argument on various motions, including motions to dismiss the output claims. The hearing lasted nearly 4 hours! Adam Eisgrau was at the hearing and summarized it below. It sounds like Eisgrau thinks that OpenAI may get some of the claims dismissed.…
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Judge Stein sets hearing for Oct. 8, 2:15 pm re OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein sets hearing for Oct. 8, 2:15 pm re OpenAI’s motion to dismissOctober 8 appears to be a popular day for hearings on motions. In the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, Judge Stein set Oct. 8, 2025, 2:15 PM, to hear argument on OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to dismiss.
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Court issues deposition protocol for MDL case v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Read more: Court issues deposition protocol for MDL case v. OpenAI, MicrosoftMagistrate Judge Ona Wang just issued the order for the deposition protocol. The allocation of hours of depositions in the MDL case looks like this: For defendants OpenAI and Microsoft:
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Ziff Davis filed 1st Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, in MDL case
Read more: Ziff Davis filed 1st Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, in MDL caseOn July 7, 2025, Ziff Davis filed a First Amended Complaint against OpenAI, now in the MDL case, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation before Judge Stein. Ziff Davis is the media company that owns CNET, Mashable, ZDNet, IGN, PC Mag, MedPage Today, and a host of other online publications. It alleges copyright infringement in…
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OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?
Read more: OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?OpenAI keeps adding attorneys to its defense in the MDL Litigation involving 13 lawsuits. Recent additions: With the recent additions, OpenAI has 55 lawyers in its defense team. Seems like an all lawyers on deck situation. But do you think it’s enough?
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Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPT
Read more: Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPTMagistrate Judge Ona Wang has scheduled June 26, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM for a conference to resolve the outstanding–and contentious–dispute over how much of ChatGPT’s output logs must be preserved and produced by OpenAI. The Order of Judge Wang comes with detailed instructions on what the parties must do: The Court has…
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OpenAI MDL litigation heats up. 48 filings in past 2 days.
Read more: OpenAI MDL litigation heats up. 48 filings in past 2 days.In the past two days, 48 filings were made by the various parties in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. I guess that’s why OpenAI needs 50 lawyers. I am not sure how many law clerks Magistrate Judge Wang has. But hopefully it’s several.
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OpenAI proposes 217 hours of depositions for OpenAI witnesses. Plaintiffs want 255 more hours. Open says Plaintiffs asked irrelevant questions, including: What’s your least favorite Joyce novel?
Read more: OpenAI proposes 217 hours of depositions for OpenAI witnesses. Plaintiffs want 255 more hours. Open says Plaintiffs asked irrelevant questions, including: What’s your least favorite Joyce novel?Interesting disagreement in the MDL litigation, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, over the number of hours the plaintiffs should get for the depositions of OpenAI witnesses. One of the greatest efficiencies of MDL Litigation is the streamlining of depositions and avoidance of repetitive depositions of the same witness. Plaintiffs want 255 hours, not including…
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Sam Altman raises privacy concerns over Judge’s order that all ChatGPT user chat logs must be preserved. Calls for “AI privilege” to protect people’s chats.
Read more: Sam Altman raises privacy concerns over Judge’s order that all ChatGPT user chat logs must be preserved. Calls for “AI privilege” to protect people’s chats.After filing an objection with Judge Stein, OpenAI took to the court of public opinion to seek the reversal of Magistrate Judge Wang’s broad order requiring OpenAI to preserve all ChatGPT logs of people’s chats. Altman tweeted about OpenAI’s blog post, which invokes privacy as a core basis for their objection to Judge Wang’s Order.…
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OpenAI objects to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order to preserve all user logs
Read more: OpenAI objects to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order to preserve all user logsOpenAI filed an objection to Judge Stein asking him to overturn Magistrate Judge Wang’s recent order to preserve all output logs from ChatGPT usage, in response to the New York Times’ allegation that OpenAI destroyed output logs that should have been preserved and produced during discovery. OpenAI is also seeking oral argument. Summary of OpenAI’s…