Emmerich Newspaper v. OpenAI suit in Mississippi conditionally transferred to MDL before Judge Stein Emmerich Newspapers v. Microsoft, the first newspaper copyright suit against OpenAI filed in the Southern District of Mississippi, has been conditionally transferred to the multi-district litigation before Judge Stein. A second Mississippi newspaper suit, Boone Newsmedia v. Microsoft, remains in that district. The first newspaper suit v. OpenAI filed in the Southern District of Mississippi, Emmerich Newspapers v. Microsoft , has been conditionally transferred to the MDL litigation before Judge Stein. A second newspaper suit in the same district in Mississippi, Boone Newsmedia v. Microsoft , is still in that district.