Civil Procedure
Apr. 28, 2026
Judge seats jury in Musk-OpenAI trial after bias challenges
A federal judge in Oakland seated a jury in Elon Musk's case against OpenAI, rejecting bias challenges despite harsh juror comments, setting the stage for opening statements on alleged charitable trust breaches.
OAKLAND - After rejecting for-cause dismissal challenges from Elon Musk's attorney, who read aloud insulting comments about the plaintiff from jurors' questionnaires, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers impaneled nine to decide whether Sam Altman and OpenAI duties of a charitable trust when the organization was converted to a for-profit entity.
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