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Musk Lawyer Vows Legal Fight to Unwind OpenAI Restructuring

Elon Musk’s lawyer pledged to continue the billionaire’s legal crusade against OpenAI as he slammed the attorneys general of California and Delaware for not blocking the artificial intelligence startup’s restructuring as a for-profit company.

In-House Lawyers’ Use of Gen AI More Than Doubles in One Year

More than half of corporate legal departments reported using generative artificial intelligence this year, a finding with important implications for their use of outside law firms, according to a survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel and Everlaw Inc.

Environmental Groups Challenged in Fighting Trump’s Alaska Moves

The Trump administration’s opaque decisions during the government shutdown to permit oil and gas leasing and road building in Alaska make it hard to determine how those actions address environmental harm and can be challenged in court, environmental lawyers say.

Bankruptcy Judge to Rule Soon on Gordon Rees AI Sanctions Case

An Alabama judge overseeing Jackson Hospital & Clinic’s bankruptcy said he’ll soon rule on possible sanctions against Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and attorney Cassie Preston over violations tied to court filings with fabricated AI-generated citations.

OpenAI Gives Microsoft 27% Stake, Completes For-Profit Shift

OpenAI is giving its long-time backer Microsoft Corp. a 27% ownership stake as part of a restructuring plan that took nearly a year to negotiate, removing a major uncertainty for both companies and clearing the path for the ChatGPT maker to become a for-profit business.

OpenAI and Microsoft Are Avoiding a Messy Breakup: Dave Lee

By far the most finicky part of OpenAI’s necessary conversion into a for-profit company was reconciling its convoluted partnership with Microsoft Corp. With the year-end deadline fast approaching, they have made a deal both sides can live with for now, though it sets out the timeline for an eventual split.

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