US authors lose bid to expand discovery to include Salesforce CEO Benioff
( July 8, 2026, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Book authors accusing Salesforce of illegally using a pirated online dataset to train its artificial intelligence tools will not be allowed to expand their discovery to include CEO Marc Benioff and other senior executives as document custodians, US Magistrate Judge Robert Illman said in an order. The authors "were unable to make a sufficient showing of how the additional custodians would be non-duplicative and gapfilling," Illman said. See order below: ...
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