Category: Judge Stein

Irked by potentially separate track discovery for Ziff Davis, OpenAI tells court it will seek stay of Ziff Davis suit

In 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.

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…
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 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

Judge 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

OpenAI 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

OpenAI 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…
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Magistrate Judge Wang stays her order that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege, pending appeal to Judge Stein

In an omnibus discovery order, Magistrate Judge Wang stayed in part her ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege regarding attorney communications related to Books 1-2 datasets’ deletion and Library Genesis. OpenAI plans on appealing the decision to Judge Stein. Related Stories DOWNLOAD MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S AND JUDGE STEIN’S ORDERS
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang stays her order that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege, pending appeal to Judge Stein
Judge Stein questions the timeliness of OpenAI’s Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge’s order on 20M chat logs

Judge Stein has set the briefing schedule for OpenAI’s upcoming Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order requiring OpenAI to produce 20 million anonymized user chat logs from ChatGPT use. Surprisingly, Judge Stein has asked OpenAI to brief whether its Nov. 24, 2025 objection pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a) is timely.…
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List of OpenAI’s losses in discovery grows long. Is it the canary in the coal mine for OpenAI?

Back in December 2024, OpenAI probably had different hopes when seeking to transfer all the copyright lawsuits against it — then only 8 lawsuits — to one Multi-District Litigation court. Flash forward a year later. And OpenAI’s decision looks like it backfired. The copyright lawsuits have doubled since then, to now 16 lawsuits against OpenAI…
Read more: List of OpenAI’s losses in discovery grows long. Is it the canary in the coal mine for OpenAI?
U.S. News sues OpenAI for use of U.S. News rankings, articles. 16th copyright suit v. OpenAI. 63rd copyright suit v. AI companies.

OpenAI got hit with another copyright suit. U.S. News just sued OpenAI for its alleged use of U.S. News rankings and articles. This is the 16th copyright lawsuit filed against OpenAI and the 63rd copyright lawsuit filed against AI companies in the United States. The Complaint alleges:”OpenAI created and distributed reproductions of the USNWR’s material…
Read more: U.S. News sues OpenAI for use of U.S. News rankings, articles. 16th copyright suit v. OpenAI. 63rd copyright suit v. AI companies.
OpenAI asks Judge Stein to stay Magistrate Judge Wang’s order finding OpenAI waived attorney client privilege

The stakes are high. Following its motion for a stay filed with Magistrate Judge Wang, apparently still pending, OpenAI find another motion, this time with Judge Stein, to stay Magistrate Judge Wang’s order finding that OpenAI waived its attorney client privilege as to communications related to Books 1 and 2 datasets. DOWNLOAD THE MOTION Related…
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