California Northern District Court
Judge:Araceli Martinez-Olguin
Referred: Robert M Illman
Case #: 3:23-cv-03223
Nature of Suit820 Property Rights - Copyrights
Cause17:504 Copyright Infringement
Case Filed:Jun 28, 2023
Last checked: Monday Dec 25, 2023 12:40 AM PST
Defendant
OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI GP, L.L.C.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI, Inc.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Defendant
OpenAI, L.P.
Represented By
Joseph Richard Wetzel
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Joyce C Li
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Rose S Lee
Morrison And Foerster LLP
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Tiffany Cheung
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allison L Stillman
Latham & Watkins
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Andrew Michael Gass
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Joseph Charles Gratz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Alexandra Marie Ward
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Michael A. Jacobs
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Allyson Roz Bennett
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Sarang Damle
Latham And Watkins LLP
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Melody Ellen Wong
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Plaintiff
Mona Awad
Represented By
Joseph R. Saveri
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Christopher Kar-Lun Young
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Holden J. Benon
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLC
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Matthew Butterick
Matthew Butterick, Attorney At Law
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Kathleen Jordan McMahon
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Inc.
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Cadio R. Zirpoli
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Travis Luke Manfredi
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Plaintiff
Paul Tremblay
Represented By
Joseph R. Saveri
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Christopher Kar-Lun Young
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Holden J. Benon
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLC
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Matthew Butterick
Matthew Butterick, Attorney At Law
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Kathleen Jordan McMahon
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Inc.
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Cadio R. Zirpoli
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Travis Luke Manfredi
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP
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Docket last updated: 9 hours ago
Saturday, March 01, 2025
364 364 order Order on Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Sat 03/01 3:13 PM
ORDER by Judge Robert M. Illman granting 325 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal for good cause shown and no opposition being filed thereto. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (rmilc2, COURT STAFF) Modified on 3/2/2025 (rmilc2, COURT STAFF)
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363 363 order Order on Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed Order on Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Sat 03/01 3:05 PM
ORDER by Judge Robert M. Illman denying 258 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed; denying 262 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed; denying 272 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed; denying 278 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed; denying 329 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. (rmilc2, COURT STAFF)
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Friday, February 28, 2025
362 362 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Fri 02/28 11:29 AM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Edward Andrew Bayley on behalf of OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC (Bayley, Edward)
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361 361 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Fri 02/28 7:09 AM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Assad Hussain Rajani on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei (Rajani, Assad)
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
360 360 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Thu 02/27 6:30 PM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Allison Schall Blanco on behalf of OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC (Blanco, Allison)
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359 359 misc Statement Thu 02/27 4:49 PM
Statement re336 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed re Joint Letter Brief by Paul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey. (Saveri, Joseph)
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358 358 3 pgs order Order on Discovery Letter Brief Thu 02/27 12:50 PM
Order by Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman denying 356 Discovery Letter Brief. (rmilc2, COURT STAFF)
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357 357 10 pgs order Order on Discovery Letter Brief Thu 02/27 12:40 PM
ORDER by Judge Robert M. Illman denying 298 Discovery Letter Brief; granting in part and denying in part 337 Discovery Letter Brief; denying 340 Discovery Letter Brief; denying 352 Discovery Letter Brief. (rmilc2, COURT STAFF)
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
356 356 motion Discovery Letter Brief Wed 02/26 7:45 PM
Joint Discovery Letter Brief re Katie Mayers Custodial Documents filed by Paul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey. (Pritt, Maxwell)
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355 355 motion Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed Wed 02/26 7:38 PM
Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed re Joint Letter Brief filed by Paul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey.(Pritt, Maxwell)
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Att: 1 Unredacted Letter Brief (Filed Under Seal),
Att: 2 Proposed Order
354 354 service Certificate/Proof of Service Wed 02/26 5:03 PM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC re353 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed (Nightingale Dawson, Elana)
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
353 353 motion Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed Tue 02/25 8:46 PM
Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed filed by OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC.(Nightingale Dawson, Elana)
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Att: 1 Proposed Order,
Att: 2 Joint Discovery Letter Brief [Unredacted]
352 352 motion Discovery Letter Brief Tue 02/25 8:38 PM
Joint Discovery Letter Brief [Redacted] filed by OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC.(Nightingale Dawson, Elana)
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Att: 1 Exhibit A,
Att: 2 Exhibit B,
Att: 3 Exhibit C
Monday, February 24, 2025
351 351 service Certificate/Proof of Service Mon 02/24 8:05 PM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Paul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey re350 Reply to Opposition/Response,,349 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed (Saveri, Joseph)
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350 350 respm Reply to Opposition/Response Mon 02/24 8:02 PM
REPLY Related [+] filed byPaul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey.(Saveri, Joseph)
Related: [-] 279 MOTION to Compel Deposition of Dario Amodei
Att: 1 Declaration OF HOLDEN BENON I N SUPPORT OF REPLY TO NON-PARTY DARIO AMODEIS OPPOSITION TO IN RE OPENAI AND AUTHORS GUILD PLAINTIFFS MOTIONS TO COMPEL DEPOSITION
349 349 motion Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed Mon 02/24 7:53 PM
Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed filed by Paul Tremblay, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Laura Lippman, Jacqueline Woodson, Andrew Sean Greer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey.(Saveri, Joseph)
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Att: 1 REPLY TO NON-PARTY DARIO AMODEIS OPPOSITION TO IN RE OPENAI AND AUTHORS GUILD PLAINTIFFS MOTIONS TO COMPEL DEPOSITION,
Att: 2 Proposed Order
348 348 respm Opposition/Response to Motion Mon 02/24 7:25 PM
OPPOSITION/RESPONSE Related [+] filed byReuters News & Media Inc..(Bunker, Khirin)
Related: [-] 314 MOTION to Compel Production of Documents from Non-Party Reuters News & Media Inc.
Att: 1 Declaration of Paul W. Garrity in Opposition,
Att: 2 Exhibit A,
Att: 3 Exhibit B
347 347 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Mon 02/24 7:20 PM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Khirin Attila Bunker on behalf of Reuters News & Media Inc. (Bunker, Khirin)
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Sunday, February 23, 2025
346 346 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sun 02/23 6:35 AM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Ryan M. Nishimoto on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei (Nishimoto, Ryan)
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
345 345 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sat 02/22 2:30 PM
NOTICE of Withdrawal filed by Jeffrey Gutkin, no longer appearing on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei in this case (Gutkin, Jeffrey)
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344 344 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sat 02/22 2:29 PM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Oscar Daniel Ramallo on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei (Ramallo, Oscar)
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343 343 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sat 02/22 2:28 PM
NOTICE of Withdrawal filed by Shannon Eagan, no longer appearing on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei in this case (Eagan, Shannon)
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342 342 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sat 02/22 2:09 PM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Joseph Richard Farris on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei (Farris, Joseph)
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341 341 notice Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney Sat 02/22 2:07 PM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Douglas Andrew Winthrop on behalf of Benjamin J. Mann, Dario Amodei (Winthrop, Douglas)
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