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Magistrate Judge Wang resets deadlines in Authors Guild, New York Times suits v. OpenAI
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang resets deadlines in Authors Guild, New York Times suits v. OpenAIAs 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
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang issues order resolving many discovery disputes in Authors Guild, NYT lawsuits v. OpenAIMagistrate 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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OpenAI to seek transfer of AI copyright cases to Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). MDL would oversee discovery and all pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment.
Read more: OpenAI to seek transfer of AI copyright cases to Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). MDL would oversee discovery and all pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment.Robert Van Nest sent a letter to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation indicating OpenAI’s intent to seek a transfer to the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), which, if OpenAI’s petition is granted, would then oversee all 8 copyright-related lawsuits against OpenAI from the Northern District of California and the Southern District of…
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Magistrate Judge Wang gives Book Authors, Newspapers discovery victory. California Labor Code § 980 does not bar discovery of social media messages on X.com
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang gives Book Authors, Newspapers discovery victory. California Labor Code § 980 does not bar discovery of social media messages on X.comIn a discovery victory for the Book Authors and the Newspapers that seek discovery of d OpenAI employees “direct messages sent on X.com belonging to certain employees who used their personal phones and X.com accounts for work purposes,” Magistrate Judge Ona Wang rejected one of the grounds asserted by OpenAI, that such social media messages…
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Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion in book authors cases re: fair use on same grounds as denial in New York Times lawsuit
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion in book authors cases re: fair use on same grounds as denial in New York Times lawsuitOn November 23, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s motion to compel discovery of information relevant to New York Times’s own use of AI. Today, Judge Wang did the same in the lawsuits brought by book authors (including Authors Guild) against OpenAI and Microsoft. ORDER denying 232 Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference. The…
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Status of all 35 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Nov. 24, 2024): Concord Music v. Anthropic injunction hearing on Nov. 25; Thomson Reuters SJ hearing on Dec. 5. Standing becomes an issue. Cases march on.
Read more: Status of all 35 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Nov. 24, 2024): Concord Music v. Anthropic injunction hearing on Nov. 25; Thomson Reuters SJ hearing on Dec. 5. Standing becomes an issue. Cases march on.Here’s the latest on all 35 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Lots going on. Significant rulings Other developments Upcoming Hearings New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Visit our Master List of all 35 copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et…
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Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion seeking New York Times’ use of AI
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion seeking New York Times’ use of AIIn a major ruling in the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s motion to compel discovery of information relevant to New York Times’s own use of AI. OpenAI sought from the New York Times information related to “(1) the Times’s use of nonparties’ generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”) tools;…