{"slug": "judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and", "title": "Judge Stein sets brief schedule if New York Times seeks to pursue grounding and output theories of liability v. OpenAI", "summary": "Judge Stein issued an order in the OpenAI multidistrict litigation requiring the News Plaintiffs, including The New York Times, to file any summary judgment motions on their grounding and output theories of liability against OpenAI by November 25, 2026, with oppositions due December 11, 2026 and replies due December 18, 2026. Judge Stein criticized the News Plaintiffs for not seeking summary judgment on those claims in the initial briefing round, writing that the failure \"undermines the Court-ordered word limit for summary judgment motions\" under Dkt. No. 1664, which sets 7,500 words each for the supporting and opposition briefs and 2,500 words for any reply.", "body_md": "**Interesting order from Judge Stein in the OpenAI MDL**: “ORDER: If News Plaintiffs intend to pursue their grounding and output summary judgment claims against OpenAI, they must do so by November 25, 2026.2 \n\n“The opposition is due December 11, 2026.\n\nThe reply, if any, is due December 18, 2026.\n\n“**In addition to the scheduling disruption, News Plaintiffs’ failure to seek summary judgment on their grounding and output claims against OpenAI undermines the Court-ordered word limit for summary judgment motions**. (Dkt. No. 1664.) \n\n“News Plaintiffs and OpenAI will each have 7,500 words for their respective briefs in support and in opposition, and 2,500 words for any reply brief.”\n\nIt looks like the New York Times and New Plaintiffs failed to pursue summary judgment on these claims in the initial round of briefing — which appears to have drawn criticism by Judge Stein above.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/11/12/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and-output-theories-of-liability-v-openai/", "published_at": "2026-11-13 00:51:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-13 00:53:34.332295+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Judge Stein", "OpenAI", "The New York Times", "News Plaintiffs"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-stein-sets-brief-schedule-if-new-york-times-seeks-to-pursue-grounding-and.jsonld"}}