Overview
- A U.S. District Court order schedules jury selection in Oakland on April 27 with roughly four weeks of proceedings through late May.
- A pretrial conference is set for March 13 before daily sessions proceed under Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
- Last week the judge declined to block the case, saying Musk had sufficient, if circumstantial, evidence to present to a jury.
- Court records show hundreds of exhibits were unsealed, including a 2023 text that underscored strain between Musk and Altman.
- Microsoft remains a defendant due to its multibillion-dollar ties to OpenAI, while the company denies wrongdoing and says Musk knew of the for‑profit pivot by 2018.