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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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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: 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…
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Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?
Read more: Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?It’s not every day that the opening line of a lawsuit complaint includes a reference to the Gorgons, the Greek mythology monster of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes on their heads. Leave it to Elon Musk to make the analogy between the Gorgons and OpenAI: Never before has a corporation gone from…
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OpenAI files reply in support of motion to exclude Elon Musk’s damages expert from Opinions 3-6
Read more: OpenAI files reply in support of motion to exclude Elon Musk’s damages expert from Opinions 3-6OpenAI filed its reply in support of its motion to exclude Elon Musk’s damages expert’s opinions 3-6. Dr. Wazzan estimates OpenAI’s allegedly ill-gotten gains from defrauding Elon Musk in the range of $65.50 billion to $109.43 billion based on a percentage contribution of 50 to 75% to OpenAI’s success from Musk’s investment of money, time,…
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Is Elon Musk hurting OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit defense? Potentially yes
Read more: Is Elon Musk hurting OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit defense? Potentially yesElon Musk’s tort lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged fraud (in soliciting his funds and help in starting a nonprofit only later to convert to a for-profit company in a bait-and-switch) may end up having collateral damage on OpenAI’s defense against the many copyright lawsuits in the MDL Litigation. Already OpenAI…
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Elon Musk opposes OpenAI’s attempt to exclude Musk’s damages expert Dr. Wazzan from opining on estimate of Musk’s contribution to OpenAI’s business. Wazzan estimates 50-75% Musk contribution, valued at up to $109.43 billion owed to Musk.
Read more: Elon Musk opposes OpenAI’s attempt to exclude Musk’s damages expert Dr. Wazzan from opining on estimate of Musk’s contribution to OpenAI’s business. Wazzan estimates 50-75% Musk contribution, valued at up to $109.43 billion owed to Musk.Elon Musk opposes OpenAI’s motion to exclude 3 opinions of Musk’s damages expert, the biggest of which Dr. Wazzan’s estimate that Musk contributed 50 to 75% of the value of OpenAI and therefore should recover up to $109.43 billion of disgorgement for OpenAI’s ill-gotten gains derived from allegedly defrauding Musk. Musk alleges that OpenAI fraudulently…