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In Re: OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation
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1:25-md-03143
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Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
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- Arnold & Porter
- Benesch
- Boies Schiller
- Bursor & Fisher
- Cafferty Clobes
- Cooley LLP
- Cowan DeBaets
- Faegre Drinker
- FBT Gibbons
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Klaris Law
- Kwun Bhansali
- Latham & Watkins
- Lewis & Llewellyn
- Lieff Cabraser
- Loevy & Loevy
- Morrison & Foerster
- Orrick Herrington
- Paul Weiss
- Polsinelli PC
- Practus LLP
- Rothwell Figg
- Ruttenberg IP Law
- Saveri & Saveri
- Sheppard Mullin
- Steptoe LLP
- Susman Godfrey
- Ventura Hersey
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Elser
- Wilson Sonsini
- Womble Bond
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- Everyday Health Group
- Microsoft Corp.
- OpenAI OpCo LLC
- The New York Times Co.
- U.S. News & World Report LP
- Ziff Davis Holdings Inc.
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March 10, 2026
OpenAI Must Produce Chat Logs, Exec Diary In Copyright MDL
A federal magistrate judge in New York ordered OpenAI to furnish an executive's personal journal along with tens of millions of ChatGPT logs in response to requests by news organizations and authors in their copyright litigation against the artificial intelligence company.
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February 11, 2026
Judge Seeks Clarity On OpenAI's 'Project Giraffe' For IP Suit
A New York federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered OpenAI to respond to questions about its "Project Giraffe," which plaintiffs suing over the company's use of copyrighted material in ChatGPT training describe as an effort to identify and block infringing outputs.
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February 06, 2026
OpenAI Can Keep Atty Comms Secret After All, Judge Says
A New York federal judge Friday set aside a magistrate judge's order requiring OpenAI's in-house attorneys to share their internal communications regarding deleted training datasets with authors suing over alleged copyright infringement, holding that the conclusions underlying that decision were "clearly erroneous or contrary to law."
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February 05, 2026
OpenAI Rips Bid For Exec's Personal Journal In IP Litigation
OpenAI urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to reject a demand by authors and newspapers for the OpenAI president's "personal journal" in their copyright litigation, arguing the request is unwarranted and a "severe invasion of privacy," even if excerpts were recently revealed in OpenAI's separate litigation with Elon Musk.
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January 20, 2026
Judge Mostly Rejects Discovery Requests In OpenAI MDL
A Manhattan federal magistrate judge largely rejected a series of requests from a group of authors and news publishers to expand discovery in a copyright infringement case against OpenAI, but directed the parties to confer on some topics to discuss production of certain materials.
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January 09, 2026
News Orgs. Want OpenAI Sanctioned In Copyright MDL
News organizations, including The New York Times, are sparring with OpenAI over allegations that the artificial intelligence company didn't properly maintain output logs of its ChatGPT chatbot in multidistrict copyright litigation in New York federal court.
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January 08, 2026
OpenAI Fights Authors' Demand For Info On $1B Disney Deal
OpenAI urged a New York federal judge Thursday to reject a request from authors for details of its newly struck $1 billion licensing agreement with Disney, saying the terms are irrelevant to claims that the company unlawfully used the authors' copyrighted works, because the deal doesn't involve textual works.
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January 06, 2026
Authors Demand OpenAI's $1B Disney Deal Details For IP Suit
Bestselling authors accusing OpenAI of unlawfully using their copyrighted works to train ChatGPT have asked a New York federal judge to order the company to produce details of its $1 billion licensing deal with Disney announced last month, saying the agreement could show the "feasibility" of a licensing market for AI training.
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January 05, 2026
OpenAI Told To Produce 20M ChatGPT Logs In Copyright Case
OpenAI must turn over 20 million anonymized user logs to The New York Times, authors and other plaintiffs pursuing claims that the artificial intelligence company improperly used their copyrighted content, a New York federal judge ruled Monday.
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January 02, 2026
Copyright Cases To Watch In 2026
U.S. federal courts this year will continue to review consequential copyright infringement suits involving artificial intelligence, while appeals court decisions remain pending in a pair of notable fair use cases involving ROSS Intelligence and Microsoft. Here are Law360's picks for copyright cases to watch in 2026.