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How many lawyers does it take to defend OpenAI from copyright suits? Around 50.
Read more: How many lawyers does it take to defend OpenAI from copyright suits? Around 50.OpenAI keeps adding to its team of lawyers now in the MDL litigation, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, with the recent additions of Stephen James Barrett and Jura Christine Zibas of Wilson Elser. By my unofficial count, there are 50 lawyers representing OpenAI in defense of the 13 lawsuits in the MDL Litigation (some of…
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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…
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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 Wang denies OpenAI’s motion to reconsider order to preserve output log data
Read more: Magistrate Wang denies OpenAI’s motion to reconsider order to preserve output log dataMagistrate Judge Wang denied OpenAI’s (frantic) motion to reconsider her order for OpenAI to preserve and segregate its output log data, after the New York Times had alleged that OpenAI had destroyed relevant evidence. There will be a hearing on the alleged spoliation: “The parties should come to the May 27 Spoliation Conference prepared to…
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Judge Stein allows New York Times parties to file letter re: its motion to compel OpenAI discovery regarding its destruction of output logs
Read more: Judge Stein allows New York Times parties to file letter re: its motion to compel OpenAI discovery regarding its destruction of output logsJudge Stein allowed the newspaper plaintiffs to file a supplemental letter regarding their motion to compel discovery from OpenAI regarding its destruction of output logs.
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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 orders OpenAI cases to magistrate judge
Read more: Judge Stein orders OpenAI cases to magistrate judgeLast week, in the In re ChatGPT Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein ordered all the cases against OpenAI and Microsoft to a magistrate judge. Presumably, it’s Magistrate Judge Wang, who is already overseeing discovery in the newspaper and books cases in the Southern District of New York–and doing incredible work.
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OpenAI seeks extension to answer New York Times’ 1st amended complaint pending court’s ruling on Times’ motion to file 2d amended complaint
Read more: OpenAI seeks extension to answer New York Times’ 1st amended complaint pending court’s ruling on Times’ motion to file 2d amended complaintOpenAI asked Magistrate Judge Wang to grant an extension to answer the New York Times First Amended Complaint pending the court’s ruling on the New York Times’s motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to fix its allegations for the DMCA CMI 1202(b)(1) intentional removal of CMI claim. The request sounds eminently reasonable.…