Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 1 of 6 1 2 [counsel on signature page] 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 13 14 Paul Tremblay, Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Individual and Representative Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 15 CONSOLIDATING CASES v. 16 Judge: Araceli Martinez-Olguin OpenAI, Inc., et al., Complaint Filed: June 28, 2023 17 Defendants. Trial Date: n/a 18 Sarah Silverman, et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-03416-AMO 19 Individual and Representative Plaintiffs, RELATED CASE 20 v. Judge: Araceli Martinez-Olguin 21 Complaint Filed: July 7, 2023 OpenAI, Inc., et al., Trial Date: n/a 22 Defendants. 23 24 Michael Chabon, et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-04625-AMO 25 Individual and Representative Plaintiffs, RELATED CASE 26 v. Judge: Araceli Martinez-Olguin 27 OpenAI, Inc., et al., Complaint Filed: Sept. 8, 2023 Trial Date: n/a 28 Defendants. Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 2 of 6 1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) and Local Rule 3-12(a), Plaintiffs Paul 2 Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey, Michael Chabon, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 3 Junot Diaz, Andrew Sean Greer, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Laura Lippman, Rachel Louise 4 Snyder, Ayelet Waldman, and Jacqueline Woodson and Defendants OpenAI, Inc.; OpenAI, L.P.; 5 OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C.; OpenAI GP, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup Fund 6 I, L.P.; and OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC jointly request that the above-captioned actions 7 (the “Actions”) be related and consolidated for all pretrial and trial proceedings. The parties, by and 8 through their undersigned counsel, stipulate as follows: 9 WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023, Plaintiff Paul Tremblay1 filed a Complaint (ECF No. 1) against 10 Defendants OpenAI, Inc.; OpenAI, L.P.; OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C.; OpenAI GP, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup 11 Fund GP I, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P.; and OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC 2 in 12 Tremblay, et al. v. OpenAI, Inc., et al., No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO (N.D. Cal. June 28, 2023) (the 13 “Tremblay Action”); 14 WHEREAS, on July 7, 2023, Plaintiffs Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard 15 Kadrey3 filed a Complaint (ECF No. 1) against Defendants in Silverman, et al v. OpenAI, Inc, et al., 16 No. 4:23-cv-03416-AMO (N.D. Cal. July 7, 2023) (the “Silverman Action”); 17 WHEREAS, on July 19, 2023, Plaintiffs filed an Administrative Motion to Consider Whether 18 Cases Should Be Related regarding the Tremblay Action and Silverman Action (Tremblay Action, ECF 19 No. 16); 20 WHEREAS, on July 28, 2023, this Court granted the motion and ordered the Clerk to relate the 21 later-filed Silverman Action to the Tremblay Action (Tremblay Action, ECF No. 26); 22 WHEREAS, on September 8, 2023, Plaintiffs Michael Chabon, David Henry Hwang, Matthew 23 24 1 On August 11, 2023, a former Plaintiff in this action—Mona Awad—voluntarily dismissed her 25 individual claims and exited the case. ECF No. 29. 2 26 OpenAI, Inc.; OpenAI, L.P.; OpenAI GP, L.L.C.; OpenAI OpCo, LLC; OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P.; and OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC are collectively 27 referred as “OpenAI” or “Defendants.” 3 28 Plaintiffs Paul Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey are collectively referred to as “Plaintiffs.” 1 Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 3 of 6 1 Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, and Ayelet Waldman filed a Complaint against Defendants in Chabon, et 2 al. v. OpenAI, Inc, et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-04625-PHK (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2023) (“Chabon Action”); 3 WHEREAS, on September 20, 2023, Plaintiffs filed an Administrative Motion to Consider 4 Whether Cases Should Be Related seeking to relate the Chabon Action to the Tremblay Action (ECF 5 No. 46); 6 WHEREAS, on October 5, 2023, an amended complaint was filed in the Chabon Action (ECF 7 No. 11); 8 WHEREAS, on October 10, 2023, this Court granted the motion and ordered the Clerk to 9 relate the Chabon Action to the Tremblay Action (Tremblay Action, ECF No. 53; Chabon Action, ECF 10 No. 17); 11 WHEREAS, the Tremblay Action, the Silverman Action, and the Chabon Action (collectively, 12 the “Related Actions”) all bring putative class action claims regarding ChatGPT and allege the same 13 causes of action against the same Defendants; 14 WHEREAS, the parties agree that consolidation of the Actions will advance the just and 15 efficient progress of this litigation, reduce case duplication, conserve Court time and resources, avoid 16 the need to contact parties and witnesses for multiple proceedings, and minimize the expenditure of 17 time and money for all parties involved. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); 18 WHEREAS, by stipulating to consolidation of the Related Actions, Defendants do not concede 19 the truth of any of Plaintiffs’ allegations or that certification of the putative classes is proper under 20 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and specifically reserves its right to oppose class certification on 21 all available grounds; 22 WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agreed to the terms of the [Proposed] 23 Pretrial Order No. 1 filed herewith; 24 NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and 25 agree that, subject to the approval of the Court: 26 1. The Tremblay Action, the Silverman Action, and the Chabon Action shall be 27 consolidated for all purposes under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a); 28 2 Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 4 of 6 1 2. Following the ruling on Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss (Tremblay Action, ECF 2 No. 33; Silverman Action, ECF No. 32), Plaintiffs will file a consolidated complaint, by March 3 13, 2024. See ECF 104. 4 3. The Chabon Action shall be stayed pending consolidation. Defendants need not 5 respond to the Chabon Complaint until Plaintiffs have filed a consolidated complaint. 6 4. The Court shall enter the [Proposed] Pretrial Order No. 1 filed herewith. 7 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 8 Dated: October 26, 2023 By: /s/ Joseph R. Saveri 9 Joseph R. Saveri 10 11 Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064) Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108) 12 Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371) Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007) 13 JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 14 601 California Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94108 15 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 16 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 17 czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com cyoung@saverilawfirm.com 18 kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com 19 Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953) 20 1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406 21 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Telephone: (323) 968-2632 22 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: mb@buttericklaw.com 23 24 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class in the Tremblay and Silverman Actions 25 26 27 28 3 Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 5 of 6 1 Dated: October 26, 2023 By: /s/ Daniel J. Muller 2 Daniel J. Muller 3 Daniel J. Muller (State Bar No. 193396) VENTURA HERSYE & MULLER, LLP 4 1506 Hamilton Avenue 5 San Jose, California 95125 Telephone: (408) 512-3022 6 Facsimile: (408) 512-3023 7 Email: dmuller@venturahersey.com 8 /s/ Bryan L. Clobes Bryan L. Clobes (admitted pro hac vice) 9 CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & SPRENGEL LLP 10 205 N. Monroe Street 11 Media, PA 19063 Telephone: (215) 864-2800 12 bclobes@caffertyclobes.com 13 Alexander J. Sweatman (pro hac vice anticipated) 14 CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & SPRENGEL LLP 15 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3210 Chicago, IL 60603 16 Telephone: (312) 782-4880 asweatman@caffertyclobes.com 17 18 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class in the Chabon Action 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Case 3:23-cv-03416-AMO Document 69 Filed 02/16/24 Page 6 of 6 1 Dated: October 26, 2023 By: Joesph C. Gratz 2 Joseph C. Gratz 3 Joseph C. Gratz (State Bar No. 240676) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 4 425 Market Street 5 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: 415-268-7000 6 Facsimile: 415-268-7522 Email: jgratz@mofo.com 7 Counsel for OpenAI, Inc.; OpenAI, L.P.; OpenAI GP, 8 L.L.C.; OpenAI OpCo, LLC; OpenAI Startup Fund GP 9 I, L.L.C.; OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P.; and OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC 10 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 Dated: February 16, 2024 Honorable Araceli Martínez-Olguín 15 United States Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES