Crandall Melvin Professor of Law Shubha Ghosh discussed with the Wall Street Journal the possible outcome of an appeal by Elon Musk in the lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founder Sam Altman.
At the trial, the jury sided with OpenAI, agreeing that the statute of limitations had passed and Musk knew about the actions that OpenAI and Altman had taken to create a for-profit entity well before he filed this lawsuit in 2024.
“It’s a very rare circumstance that those can be appealed because it’s usually a clear rule,” he said. “What the jury found is that he took too long.”