Overview

• Sam Altman’s filing seeks an order requiring Jared Birchall and Shivon Zilis to produce key texts and emails within 72 hours.
• If that deadline is missed, Altman asks that each sit for an additional preliminary deposition before their scheduled testimony.
• US Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hinton has not ruled and directed Birchall and Zilis to submit a status update by Friday.
• Musk’s legal team says large caches of communications from both witnesses have already been produced and opposes two depositions each.
• Both sides identify Birchall and Zilis as central witnesses, with their depositions set for later this month ahead of a jury trial slated for late March in Oakland.