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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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OpenAI seeks to stay Ziff Davis suit from rest of MDL Litigation
Read more: OpenAI seeks to stay Ziff Davis suit from rest of MDL LitigationAs promised, OpenAI is seeking a stay of the Ziff Davis lawsuit from the rest of the MDL Litigation due to alleged delays by Ziff Davis in discovery. Ziff Davis owns Mashable and other online media. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S MOTION TO STAY
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Plaintiffs oppose OpenAI’s objection re: production of 20 million ChatGPT logs
Read more: Plaintiffs oppose OpenAI’s objection re: production of 20 million ChatGPT logsOpenAI filed its Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order requiring it to produce 20 million ChatGPT logs by users (“de-identified”). Now the Class Plaintiffs and the News Plaintiffs have filed their oppositions. DOWNLOAD CLASS PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION DOWNLOAD NEWS PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION
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With fact discovery ending Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI seeks stay of Ziff Davis lawsuit due to alleged delay
Read more: With fact discovery ending Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI seeks stay of Ziff Davis lawsuit due to alleged delayOpenAI is seeking a stay of the Ziff Davis lawsuit in the MDL Litigation. OpenAI alleges that Ziff Davis has fallen behind in discovery compared to the rest of the litigants. With fact discovery to close on Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI thinks a stay is warranted. Excerpt from OpenAI’s brief: DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S MOTION TO STAY…
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Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPM
Read more: Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPMJudge Sidney Stein, who oversees the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, denied Ziff Davis’s (owner of Mashable and other web media) motion to add a DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Similar to Judge Stein’s earlier grant of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss, Judge Stein ruled that the alleged scraping of content without recognizing a websites robot.txt file…
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Irked by potentially separate track discovery for Ziff Davis, OpenAI tells court it will seek stay of Ziff Davis suit
Read more: Irked by potentially separate track discovery for Ziff Davis, OpenAI tells court it will seek stay of Ziff Davis suitIn a letter brimming with irritation, lawyers from OpenAI have informed Judge Stein they will seek to stay the Ziff Davis lawsuit in the MDL Litigation due to alleged delays by Ziff Davis in discovery and Ziff Davis’s seeking a separate discovery track.
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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…
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Judge Stein orders U.S. News and California Newspapers to show cause why cases should not be stayed pending outcome of summary judgment in MDL litigation v. OpenAI
Read more: Judge Stein orders U.S. News and California Newspapers to show cause why cases should not be stayed pending outcome of summary judgment in MDL litigation v. OpenAIJudge Stein asked U.S. News & World Report and California Newspapers Partnerships to show cause why their respective lawsuits against OpenAI should not be stayed pending the outcome of summary judgment motions in the MDL litigation against OpenAI involving other news and media plaintiffs.
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OpenAI files updated brief to appeal Magistrate Judge’s decision re: 20M ChatGPT chats
Read more: OpenAI files updated brief to appeal Magistrate Judge’s decision re: 20M ChatGPT chatsOpenAI has filed an updated brief in support of its Rule 72(a) objection of Magistrate Judge Wang’s order requiring it to produce to plaintiffs 20 million chat logs for users of ChatGPT. This objection is being handled by OpenAI’s longstanding lawyers from Latham, MoFo, and Keker — not Lisa Blatt and the newly hired law…
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OpenAI enlists Lisa Blatt to handle appeal to Judge Stein of major discovery ruling by Magistrate Judge Wang
Read more: OpenAI enlists Lisa Blatt to handle appeal to Judge Stein of major discovery ruling by Magistrate Judge WangOpenAI enlisted Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly, the prominent Supreme Court litigator, to handle the appeal to Judge Stein of the controversial discovery decision by Magistrate Judge Wang finding OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege. Blatt “has argued 55 cases before the United States Supreme Court and has an 81% win rate in cases decided,” including successfully the…