Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc.
Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc.
Case 1:23-cv-08292 (S.D.N.Y. 2025)
January 21, 2025

Wang, Ona T.,  United States Magistrate Judge

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30(b)(6) corporate designee
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The court denied a motion filed by the plaintiffs as premature, but allowed them to renew it after the defendants respond to their request for production of certain categories of source code. The court also granted a motion for a 5-hour custodial 30(b)(6) deposition split between the plaintiffs and defendants. The defendants' motion to limit all custodial 30(b)(6) depositions to three hours was denied without prejudice. The Clerk of Court was ordered to close the relevant motions.
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AUTHORS GUILD, et al.,
Plaintiff,
-against-
OPENAI INC., et al.,
Defendants
23-cv-8292 (SHS) (OTW)
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Filed January 21, 2025
Wang, Ona T., United States Magistrate Judge

ORDER

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ motions at ECF Nos. 306, 308, and 310.

Plaintiffs’ motion at ECF 306 is DENIED as premature, but without prejudice to renewal after Defendants have served responses and/or objections to Plaintiffs’ request for production of certain categories of source code.

Plaintiffs’ letter motion at ECF 308 is GRANTED. Plaintiffs’ custodial 30(b)(6) deposition of OpenAI’s designee shall be 5 hours, split between and among the Class Plaintiffs and News Plaintiffs. OpenAI’s custodial 30(b)(6) deposition of the Authors Guild’s designee shall be 3 hours.

Defendants’ request in ECF 310 to limit all custodial 30(b)(6) depositions to three hours is DENIED without prejudice.

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close ECF 306 and 308. 

SO ORDERED.