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Magistrate Judge Wang agrees with Plaintiffs’ motion to get depositions of Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Satya Nadella in Musk v. Altman
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang agrees with Plaintiffs’ motion to get depositions of Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Satya Nadella in Musk v. AltmanEven though OpenAI won its defense in Musk v. Altman where the court found the claims were barred by the statute of limitations, Musk’s lawsuit continues to nag OpenAI. Magistrate Judge Wang just granted the plaintiffs’ motion in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation to get the deposition transcripts of four Musk witnesses: Sam Altman,…
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Musk v. Altman ends not with a bang, but a whimper. Jury finds Musk waited too long to bring suit under 3- and 2- year statute of limitations
Read more: Musk v. Altman ends not with a bang, but a whimper. Jury finds Musk waited too long to bring suit under 3- and 2- year statute of limitationsThe jury wasted no time, taking 90 minutes to find that Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment were filed too late under the respective statute of limitations. That means the jury found that Musk knew or should have known with reasonable diligence that he could filed his lawsuit…
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The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.
Read more: The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.The advisory jury in Musk v. Altman will deliberate starting on Monday over Elon Musk’s two claims against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment. The court schedule for the trial did not hold any sessions on Friday. But it’s a bit of surprise no exception was…
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Musk v. Altman trial week 3: Ilya Sutskever provides captivating testimony favorable to OpenAI
Read more: Musk v. Altman trial week 3: Ilya Sutskever provides captivating testimony favorable to OpenAIWeek 3 of the Musk v. Altman trial started off big. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified about the company’s investment in OpenAI, initially $1 billion, of which Nadella said he was proud to be the first company to back OpenAI. Nadella also testified about the “chaos” ensuing the attempted firing of Sam Altman and Nadella’s…
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OpenAI lawyer methodically dissects Elon Musk’s case via Greg Brockman testimony
Read more: OpenAI lawyer methodically dissects Elon Musk’s case via Greg Brockman testimonyOpenAI trial lawyer Sarah Eddy has been methodically dissecting Elon Musk’s claim of breach of charitable trust through the testimony of OpenAI President Greg Brockman. Brockman is the source of the most damaging evidence to OpenAI by contemporaneous diary notes he took during the relevant period. For example: But, during his testimony elicited by Eddy,…
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Elon Musk drops fraud claims v. Sam Altman, OpenAI, leaving only breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment. Trial of the Century starts on Monday, April 27
Read more: Elon Musk drops fraud claims v. Sam Altman, OpenAI, leaving only breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment. Trial of the Century starts on Monday, April 27On Monday, April 27 the Trial of the Century in Elon Musk v. Sam Altman will begin with jury selection. On the eve of trial, Elon Musk has agreed to drop his fraud and constructive fraud claims, which he had suggested he would do in his proposed jury instructions. Musk says it would help streamline…
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OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trial
Read more: OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trialOn April 7, Elon Musk filed an “amended” notice of remedies. In it, he appears to change the remedies he is seeking at his upcoming trial. Originally, on Jan. 16, 2026, Musk described the monetary remedies as follows, with brief mention of potential injunctive relief: Nowhere did Musk say that such monetary recovery would go…
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Why is it open season on OpenAI?
Read more: Why is it open season on OpenAI?Yesterday, we announced the launch of our AI Copyright Case Tracker. We think it provides the public with a wealth of information and insights about the 130 copyright lawsuits against AI companies raging around the world. Fully 100 of the copyright lawsuits have been filed right here in the United States, where most of the…
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Musk v. Altman prepares for April 27 trial. Judge Gonzalez Rogers says it’s “unlikely that punitive damages will be available.” Also court will have an overflow room to watch the trial.
Read more: Musk v. Altman prepares for April 27 trial. Judge Gonzalez Rogers says it’s “unlikely that punitive damages will be available.” Also court will have an overflow room to watch the trial.Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued her Pretrial Order No. 1 in the much anticipated trial in Musk v. Altman. One of the most interesting revelations in the Order is that the judge said it is “unlikely that punitive damages will be available” in this case (a separate order will follow). But the Judge left open the…
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Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.
Read more: Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.The Trial of the Century is set to begin in Musk v. Altman on April 27, 2026. The parties have been filing their pre-trial papers that we will preview this month. First up is the interesting skirmish between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over Altman’s three experts who are prominent law professors in the area…