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Judge Stein appoints Justin A. Nelson of Susman Godfey as Interim Lead Class Counsel in MDL suits v. OpenAI
Read more: Judge Stein appoints Justin A. Nelson of Susman Godfey as Interim Lead Class Counsel in MDL suits v. OpenAIJudge Stein is moving the MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft forward. Upon the motion of the Authors Guild, the Judge just appointed Justin A. Nelson, a partner at Susman Godfrey, as the interim lead class counsel for plaintiffs. Judge Stein rejected the proposed bifurcation of suits submitted by Nelson and Rachel Geman, seeking the…
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Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?
Read more: Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?In a 12-page opinion, Judge Sidney Stein agreed with Magistrate Judge Ona Wang’s denial of OpenAI’s motion to compel (1) the New York Times to produce information about the Times’s own use of AI tools, as well as its alleged decreases in revenues and Times’ licensing efforts; and (2) the Authors Guild book plaintiffs to…
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Judge Stein issues case management order for MDL suits v. OpenAI
Read more: Judge Stein issues case management order for MDL suits v. OpenAIWhat a busy day it was. The first conference for the 13 lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft convened. Judge Stein appointed the leadership counsel for the newspaper cases, but asked the class plaintiffs (for the book authors’ suits) to select a single interim class counsel, contrary to their proposal for a committee approach. Wow, that…
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Unpacking the MDL cases v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Read more: Unpacking the MDL cases v. OpenAI, MicrosoftHere are the Exhibits to the filing for the OpenAI MDL Litigation. They provide helpful charts summarizing the parties involved. Today, Judge Sidney Stein holds the Initial Case Management conference. How many lawyers do you think they can fit into the courtroom? We shall see. I’m pretty certain a human created these informative charts, not…
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Magistrate Judge Wang sets in-Person Discovery Status Conference for all actions v. OpenAI, Microsoft for May 27
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang sets in-Person Discovery Status Conference for all actions v. OpenAI, Microsoft for May 27The MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft is marching forward. Magistrate Wang set an In-Person Discovery Status Conference for May 27, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 20D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. The parties are instructed:
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Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s request to reschedule May 22 status conference due to Robert Van Nest’s out of the country. But Judge allows Microsoft teams appearance.
Read more: Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s request to reschedule May 22 status conference due to Robert Van Nest’s out of the country. But Judge allows Microsoft teams appearance.Judge Sidney Stein just denied OpenAI’s request to postpone the May 22 status conference for the MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft. OpenAI made the request because its lead trial counsel Robert A. Van Nest will be out of the country. The Plaintiffs opposed the motion. Judge Stein denied the motion but is allowing Mr.…
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Judge Stein stays all deadlines in 12 lawsuits v. OpenAI in MDL. Conference set for May 22, 10 AM in New York.
Read more: Judge Stein stays all deadlines in 12 lawsuits v. OpenAI in MDL. Conference set for May 22, 10 AM in New York.Judge Sidney Stein, presiding as the MultiDistrict Litigation court, has stayed all deadlines in the 12 transferred copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft. He has set May 22, 10 AM ET, for the Initial Case Management Conference. To prepare for the conference, he has asked the parties for a single report addressing the appointment of…