Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. — Entry #433: STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-3.d filed byOpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund…
Case: Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. cand · 4:23-cv-03223
filed June 28, 2023
What this document is
Docket entry #433 · filed April 02, 2025
STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-3.d filed byOpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2)(Blanco, Allison) (Filed on 4/2/2025) (Entered: 04/02/2025)
Who is involved
- Andrew Sean Greer
- Authors Guild
- Ayelet Waldman
- Benjamin J. Mann
- Christopher Golden
- Dario Amodei
- David Henry Hwang
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Jonathan Alter
- Junot Diaz
- Laura Lippman
- Matthew Klam
- Michael Chabon
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mona Awad
- OpenAI GP, L.L.C.
- OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C.
- OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.
- OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P.
- OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC
- OpenAI, Inc.
- OpenAI, L.P.
- Paul Tremblay
- Rachel Louise Snyder
- Reuters News & Media Inc.
- Richard Kadrey
- Sarah Silverman
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why we have it
We follow this case because it names a company we track, although that company is not a party:
- Nebius: its former name “Yandex N.V.” appears in a filing in this case.
…Inc. v. Yandex N.V., 962 F. Supp. 2d 1146, 1158 (N.D. Cal. 2013)…
A free copy from the RECAP archive of federal court filings (mirrored at the Internet Archive), retrieved November 10, 2026. Federal court filings are public records.
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Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 1 of 6
1 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
Andrew M. Gass (SBN 259694) Joseph C. Gratz (SBN 240676)
2 andrew.gass@lw.com jgratz@mofo.com
Joseph R. Wetzel (SBN 238008) Tiffany Cheung (SBN 211497)
3 joe.wetzel@lw.com tcheung@mofo.com
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 Joyce C. Li (SBN 323820)
4 San Francisco, CA 94111 joyceli@mofo.com
Telephone: 415.391.0600 Melody E. Wong (SBN 341494)
5 melodywong@mofo.com
Sarang V. Damle (pro hac vice) 425 Market Street
6 sy.damle@lw.com San Francisco, CA 94105
Elana Nightingale Dawson (pro hac vice) Telephone: 415.268.7000
7 elana.nightingaledawson@lw.com
Michael A. David (pro hac vice) Rose S. Lee (SBN 294658)
8 michael.david@lw.com roselee@mofo.com
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000 Alexandra M. Ward (SBN 318042)
9 Washington, D.C. 20004 alexandraward@mofo.com
Telephone: 202.637.2200 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 6000
10 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Allison L. Stillman (pro hac vice) Telephone: 213.892.5200
11 alli.stillman@lw.com
Rachel R. Blitzer (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendants OpenAI, Inc.,
12 rachel.blitzer@lw.com OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI OpCo, L.L.C.,
Herman H. Yue (pro hac vice) OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup
13 herman.yue@lw.com Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund
1271 Avenue of the Americas I, L.P., and OpenAI Startup Fund
14 New York, NY 10020 Management, LLC
Telephone: 212.906.1200
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Allison S. Blanco (SBN 287554)
16 allison.blanco@lw.com
650 Town Center Drive 20th Floor
17 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: 714.540.1235
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
21 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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23 IN RE OPENAI CHATGPT LITIGATION Master File No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
24 This Document Relates To: DEFENDANTS’ STATEMENT OF
RECENT DECISION
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Case No. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Hon. Araceli Martínez-Olguín
26 Case No. 3:23-cv-03416-AMO
Case No. 3:23-cv-04625-AMO
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STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO
CASE NO. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 2 of 6
1 Max I. Levy (SBN 346289)
mlevy@mofo.com
2 755 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
3 Telephone: 650.813.5600
4 John R. Lanham (SBN 289382)
jlanham@mofo.com
5 Sarah J. Vandervalk (SBN 332651)
svandervalk@mofo.com
6 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92130
7 Telephone: 858.720.5100
8 Eric K. Nikolaides (pro hac vice)
enikolaides@mofo.com
9 Zachary S. Newman (pro hac vice)
znewman@mofo.com
10 250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
11 Telephone: 212.468.8000
12 Carolyn M. Homer (SBN 286441)
cmhomer@mofo.com
13 2100 L Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20037
14 Telephone: 202.650.4597
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KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP
16 Robert A. Van Nest (SBN 84065)
rvannest@keker.com
17 R. James Slaughter (SBN 192813)
rslaughter@keker.com
18 Paven Malhotra (SBN 258429)
pmalhotra@keker.com
19 Michelle S. Ybarra (SBN 260697)
mybarra@keker.com
20 Nicholas S. Goldberg (SBN 273614)
ngoldberg@keker.com
21 Thomas E. Gorman (SBN 279409)
tgorman@keker.com
22 Katie Lynn Joyce (SBN 308263)
kjoyce@keker.com
23 Christopher S. Sun (SBN 308945)
csun@keker.com
24 Edward A. Bayley (SBN 267532)
ebayley@keker.com
25 633 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
26 Telephone: 415.391.5400
Facsimile: 415.397.7188
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STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO
CASE NO. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 3 of 6
1 DEFENDANTS’ STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION
2 Pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 7-3(d)(2), Defendants
3 respectfully submit this Statement of Recent Decision to apprise the Court of a recent order in
4 connection with the briefing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint
5 (ECF Nos. 371, 401, 414).
6 In Concord Music Group, Inc. et al. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:24-cv-03811 (N.D. Cal.), a
7 case involving copyright infringement and DMCA claims against another generative AI company,
8 the plaintiffs alleged that defendant Anthropic “intentionally removed or altered copyright
9 management information from [plaintiffs’] musical compositions, and/or distributed or imported
10 for distribution copies of [plaintiffs’] musical compositions knowing that copyright management
11 information has been removed or altered,” in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b). See Complaint,
12 Concord Music Group, No. 5:24-cv-03811, ECF No. 1 ¶ 149 (attached hereto as Exhibit 1). On
13 March 26, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed
14 plaintiffs’ Section 1202(b)(1) claims with leave to amend. See Order Granting Motion to Dismiss
15 with Leave to Amend, Concord Music Group, No. 5:24-cv-03811, ECF No. 322 at 9-12 (attached
16 hereto as Exhibit 2).
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18 Dated: April 2, 2025 Respectfully Submitted,
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By: /s/ Rose S. Lee
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MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
21 Joseph C. Gratz (SBN 240676)
jgratz@mofo.com
22 Tiffany Cheung (SBN 211497)
tcheung@mofo.com
23 Joyce C. Li (SBN 323820)
joyceli@mofo.com
24 Melody E. Wong (SBN 341494)
melodywong@mofo.com
25 425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
26 Telephone: 415.268.7000
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STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO 1 CASE NO. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 4 of 6
1 Rose S. Lee (SBN 294658)
roselee@mofo.com
2 Alexandra M. Ward (SBN 318042)
alexandraward@mofo.com
3 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 6000
Los Angeles, CA 90017
4 Telephone: 213.892.5200
5 Eric Nikolaides (pro hac vice)
enikolaides@mofo.com
6 Zachary S. Newman (pro hac vice)
znewman@mofo.com
7 250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
8 Telephone: 212.468.8000
9 Max I. Levy (SBN 346289)
mlevy@mofo.com
10 755 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
11 Telephone: 650.813.5600
12 John R. Lanham (SBN 289382)
jlanham@mofo.com
13 Sarah J. Vandervalk (SBN 332651)
svandervalk@mofo.com
14 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92130
15 Telephone: 858.720.5100
16 Carolyn M. Homer (SBN 286441)
cmhomer@mofo.com
17 2100 L Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20037
18 Telephone: 202.650.4597p
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By: /s/ Allison S. Blanco ______________
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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
21 Andrew M. Gass (SBN 259694)
andrew.gass@lw.com
22 Joseph R. Wetzel (SBN 238008)
joe.wetzel@lw.com
23 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111
24 Telephone: 415.391.0600
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO 2 CASE NO. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 5 of 6
1 Sarang V. Damle (pro hac vice)
sy.damle@lw.com
2 Elana Nightingale Dawson (pro hac vice)
elana.nightingaledawson@lw.com
3 Michael A. David (pro hac vice)
michael.david@lw.com
4 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
5 Telephone: 202.637.2200
6 Allison L. Stillman (pro hac vice)
alli.stillman@lw.com
7 Rachel R. Blitzer (pro hac vice)
rachel.blitzer@lw.com
8 Herman H. Yue (pro hac vice)
herman.yue@lw.com
9 1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
10 Telephone: 212.906.1200
11 Allison S. Blanco (SBN 287554)
allison.blanco@lw.com
12 650 Town Center Drive 20th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
13 Telephone: 714.540.1235
14 By: /s/ Christopher S. Sun ______________
15 KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP
Robert A. Van Nest (SBN 84065)
16 rvannest@keker.com
R. James Slaughter (SBN 192813)
17 rslaughter@keker.com
Paven Malhotra (SBN 258429)
18 pmalhotra@keker.com
Michelle S. Ybarra (SBN 260697)
19 mybarra@keker.com
Nicholas S. Goldberg (SBN 273614)
20 ngoldberg@keker.com
Thomas E. Gorman (SBN 279409)
21 tgorman@keker.com
Katie Lynn Joyce (SBN 308263)
22 kjoyce@keker.com
Christopher S. Sun (SBN 308945)
23 csun@keker.com
Edward A. Bayley (SBN 267532)
24 ebayley@keker.com
633 Battery Street
25 San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: 415.391.5400
26 Facsimile: 415.397.7188
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28 Attorneys for OpenAI Defendants
STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO 3 CASE NO. 3:23-cv-03223-AMO
Case 3:23-cv-03223-AMO Document 433 Filed 04/02/25 Page 6 of 6
1 ATTESTATION CLAUSE
2 I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing.
3 Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, Allison S. Blanco, attest that concurrence
4 in the filing of this document has been obtained.
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