Oakland Jury Defeats Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Limitations GroundsMay 19, 2026VerdictsAn 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.
Federal Jury Finds Musk’s OpenAI Claims Time-BarredMay 18, 2026VerdictsA 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.
Federal Jury Returns Complete Defense Verdict for ExxonMobil in Securities Class ActionMay 17, 2026VerdictsA federal jury in Dallas unanimously cleared ExxonMobil and former officers of all securities fraud claims in Ramirez v. Exxon Mobil Corp., the first climate-accounting securities class action tried to verdict.
WDTX Jury Clears Riot Platforms in $400M Immersion-Cooling Patent CaseMay 5, 2026VerdictsA federal jury in Waco cleared Riot Platforms of all patent infringement claims brought by Green Revolution Cooling over immersion cooling technology in bitcoin mining.