Category: Magistrate Judge Wang

Authors Guild seeks to amend complaint v. OpenAI, Microsoft to add vicarious liability v. Microsoft, Microsoft’s alleged copying of hundreds of thousands of works in “notorious pirated dataset Books3.”

The Authors Guild and Alter plaintiffs are seeking leave to amend their complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to make these additions: OpenAI and Microsoft oppose the motion. I expect this motion to be granted. EXCERPTS FROM MOTION OF AUTHORS GUILD
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OpenAI valued at $300 billion in $40 billion new funding round. New York Times wants OpenAI documents related to anticipated profits, valuation in its copyright suit v. OpenAI.

The New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is no doubt the one to watch among the lawsuits in the Southern District of New York. (The Kadrey book authors’ suit against Meta is the same in the Northern District of California.) After the quasi-nonprofit OpenAI just closed another funding round valuing the company…
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Magistrate Judge Wang issues Modified Protective Order in Authors Guild case

Magistrate Judge Wang issued a modified stipulated protective order in the Authors Guild and book authors lawsuit.
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Magistrate Judge Wang to hold conference re deposition coordination in newspapers, books cases

The Court will hold an In-Person “Settlement Conference” on deposition protocols on March 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 20D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007.
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OpenAI cites Magistrate Judge’s discovery order, limits to Magistrate Judge Wang in Authors Guild, New York Times suits

Fascinating to see the AI lawsuits being litigated simultaneously in Northern District of California and the Southern District of New York. OpenAI got a favorable discovery ruling from Magistrate Judge Illman in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation and is using it as relevant authority in a letter to Magistrate Judge Wang.
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Magistrate Judge Wang grants sealing of exhibits that contain business information and “Confidential” communications under protective order

In contrast with Judge Chhabria’s public rebuke of Meta’s sealing request as “preposterous” in Kadrey v. Meta, Magistrate Judge Wang granted all 25 motions to seal various exhibits and references to content in the exhibits made in the parties’ briefing and declarations. Some of the motions were jointly filed, while none were opposed by opposing…
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Magistrate Judge Wang resets deadlines in Authors Guild, New York Times suits v. OpenAI

As we reported earlier, Magistrate Judge Wang resolved a hornet’s nest of discovery disputes in the consolidated cases for book authors (Authors Guild) and newspapers (New York Times, Daily News). Judge Wang also reset the following deadlines: The deadline to amend the complaint for all cases is hereby EXTENDED to April 15, 2025. The parties…
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Magistrate Judge Wang issues order resolving many discovery disputes in Authors Guild, NYT lawsuits v. OpenAI

Magistrate Judge Ona Wang just issued her order resolving a hornet’s nest of discovery disputes in the Authors Guild and New York Times suits against OpenAI. This chart summarizes the disputes.
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