Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged Microsoft.
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May 27, 2026Legal News
Federal Jury Bars Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Limitations Grounds
A federal jury in Oakland found Musk’s claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman time-barred; Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed the case; Musk vows to appeal.
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May 25, 2026Legal News
Federal Court Dismisses Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI as Time-Barred
A federal judge dismissed Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit as time-barred after an advisory jury ruled he missed the filing deadline, clearing the path for OpenAI’s IPO.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Federal Jury Bars Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Statute of Limitations
A federal jury ruled Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit untimely, dismissing all claims without reaching the merits. Musk vows a Ninth Circuit appeal.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Altman Tells Jury Musk Abandoned OpenAI, No Nonprofit Promise Made
Sam Altman testified that no promise was made to keep OpenAI a nonprofit and that Elon Musk abandoned the company by failing to meet funding commitments.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Federal Jury Rejects Musk’s OpenAI Claims as Time-Barred; Appeal Vowed
A federal jury found Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit time-barred after less than two hours. Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed all claims; Musk vows a Ninth Circuit appeal.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
Jury Rejects Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Statute-of-Limitations Grounds
A federal jury dismissed all of Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman as time-barred, leaving charitable trust and nonprofit conversion questions unresolved on appeal.
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May 18, 2026Legal News
Jury Rejects Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Limitations Grounds
A federal jury found Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit time-barred; Judge Gonzalez Rogers adopted the verdict and dismissed Microsoft, leaving OpenAI’s for-profit structure intact.
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May 18, 2026Verdict
Federal Jury Finds Musk’s OpenAI Claims Time-Barred
A federal jury in Oakland unanimously found Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft time-barred, and Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed all counts on May 18, 2026.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Nadella, Sutskever, and Zilis Take the Stand in Musk v. Altman Trial
Week 2 of the Musk v. Altman trial brought testimony from Satya Nadella, Ilya Sutskever, and Shivon Zilis, focusing on OpenAI’s nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Altman Testifies Musk Sought 90% of OpenAI, Left Nonprofit Behind
Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk demanded 90% of OpenAI and abandoned the nonprofit in 2018, directly countering Musk’s “stolen charity” lawsuit in Oakland federal court.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Microsoft CEO Nadella Takes the Stand in Musk v. Altman OpenAI Trial
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spent three hours on the stand in the Musk v. Altman OpenAI trial, testifying about investment, governance, and the Altman ouster.
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Commerce Department Expands Pre-Deployment AI Vetting to Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 The Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation announced May 5 that it has signed pre-deployment evaluation agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI, bringing the total numb…
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Microsoft CEO, OpenAI Co-Founder Take the Stand in Musk’s For-Profit Conversion Suit
Satya Nadella and Ilya Sutskever testified in Musk v. Altman, with Nadella admitting Microsoft invested despite donor-consent doubts, sharpening Microsoft’s legal exposure.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Altman Testifies Musk Sought 90% Equity, Denies Nonprofit Promise
Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk sought 90% equity in OpenAI and was never promised a permanent nonprofit structure, directly countering Musk’s fraud claims at trial.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Jury Set to Deliberate in Musk-Altman Trial Over OpenAI’s Corporate Shift
Jurors in Oakland begin deliberating after closing arguments in Musk v. Altman, a federal case that could reshape AI governance and nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion law.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
Altman Takes the Stand, Rejects Musk’s “Stolen Charity” Claim
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified May 12 that Elon Musk sought 90% equity and abandoned the nonprofit, rebutting Musk’s “stolen charity” lawsuit in federal court.
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May 2, 2026Intelligence
Pentagon Formalizes AI Access Agreements With Eight Firms, Excluding Anthropic
The Department of Defense announced May 1 that it had finalized agreements with eight commercial AI companies to deploy their technologies on the department's most sensitive classified networks. The eight firms are Amazon Web Services, G…