Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged OpenAI.
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Trump Signs Narrowed AI Executive Order Establishing Voluntary Pre-Release Review Framework
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 3 directing federal agencies to establish a voluntary framework for government review of advanced AI models before public release, ending weeks of i…
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May 29, 2026Legal News
Jury Finds Musk Filed Too Late, Handing OpenAI a Courtroom Win
An Oakland jury found Musk’s suit against OpenAI untimely after three weeks of trial, but the presiding federal judge must still issue her own independent ruling.
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May 28, 2026Legal News
Google Appeals Search Monopoly Remedies, Seeks to Bar AI Rivals from Data Access
Google has appealed antitrust search remedies to the D.C. Circuit, contesting data-sharing rules and seeking to exclude AI rivals like OpenAI from search data access.
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May 27, 2026Legal News
Jury to Weigh OpenAI’s Fate After Musk Trial Closing Arguments
A nine-member advisory jury began deliberating May 14 on the statute of limitations threshold in Musk v. OpenAI, with up to $150 billion in disgorgement at stake.
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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 23, 2026Intelligence
Trump Pulls Back Planned AI Executive Order After Last-Minute Industry Lobbying
Dispatch Washington · May 23, 2026 President Donald Trump abruptly postponed the signing of a draft executive order on artificial intelligence on May 22, citing concerns that its provisions could impede U.S. competitiveness against China…
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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 19, 2026Verdict
Oakland Jury Defeats Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Limitations Grounds
An Oakland federal jury unanimously ruled that Elon Musk’s breach-of-charitable-trust claims against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft were time-barred, and Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed the case.
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May 18, 2026Legal News
Zilis Testimony Undercuts Musk’s Deception Claim at OpenAI Trial
Shivon Zilis testified at the Musk v. OpenAI trial, with documents showing Musk knew of the for-profit shift, undermining his deception claim.
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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
Altman Takes the Stand in OpenAI Trial, Defends For-Profit Conversion
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified May 12 in Oakland federal court, defending the company’s for-profit conversion and accusing Musk of seeking control of OpenAI.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Musk Travels to China While Under OpenAI Trial Recall Order
Elon Musk traveled to China with President Trump on May 13 while under a judicial recall order in the Oakland OpenAI trial, raising questions about witness availability enforcement.
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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, 2026Legal News
Altman Takes the Stand, Denies Nonprofit Promise to Musk
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified for four hours in the Musk trial, denying he promised to keep the company nonprofit and accusing Musk of trying to destroy it.
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Pentagon Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos Even as Phase-Out Clock Runs
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 The Department of Defense is simultaneously deploying Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos Preview model to scan government networks for software vulnerabilities and executing a court-ordered phase-out …
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group Documents First AI-Developed Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) published a report on May 12, 2026, documenting what it described as the first confirmed instance of a threat actor using an artificial intelligence model to di…
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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
Musk Takes the Stand Against OpenAI, Clashes With Defense Counsel
Elon Musk clashed with OpenAI’s defense counsel during two days of trial testimony in Oakland, then left the country while subject to recall as a witness.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
OpenAI Co-Founder’s Journal Entries Emerge as Key Trial Evidence Against Altman
Greg Brockman’s 2017 journal entries and an undisclosed investment conflict take center stage as the Musk v. Altman trial enters its second week in Oakland.
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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…
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Apr 24, 2026Intelligence
DeepSeek V4 Launch Signals China’s Push to Break Nvidia Dependency
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek on Friday released two preview versions of its newest large language model, DeepSeek V4, positioning the release against competing closed-source platforms from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The close collaboratio…