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OpenAI defenses in Musk lawsuit over nonprofit status narrowed by US judge

( July 29, 2025, 18:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Calif., has partially granted Elon Musk's motion to strike affirmative defenses offered by OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in his lawsuit over OpenAI's transition to for-profit status, finding they are "plainly insufficiently alleged, irrelevant, redundant or immaterial." Both Musk and OpenAI "have repeatedly over-litigated this case," Gonzalez Rogers said. "The pleading of excessive affirmative defenses is consistent with the approach."See attached document....

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