SpaceXAI Dropped Its Antitrust Suit Against Apple. The Judge Demands to Know Why
Look, this is a free country, and there’s no law that says you have to keep suing Apple for alleged antitrust after you start. But after X Corp. and SpaceXAI withdrew such a suit earlier this week, the judge in the case simply needs to know why. OpenAI submitted an emergency motion asking the plaintiffs to explain their motion to dismiss.
- ▪Look, this is a free country, and there’s no law that says you have to keep suing Apple for alleged antitrust after you start.
- ▪But after X Corp. and SpaceXAI withdrew such a suit earlier this week, the judge in the case simply needs to know why.
- ▪OpenAI submitted an emergency motion asking the plaintiffs to explain their motion to dismiss.
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Look, this is a free country, and there’s no law that says you have to keep suing Apple for alleged antitrust after you start. But after X Corp. and SpaceXAI withdrew such a suit earlier this week, the judge in the case simply needs to know why. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman of the Fort Worth Division, issued a brief order on September 15: The plaintiffs, who are also suing OpenAI, litigation that’s still apparently active, must “deliver to the Court for in camera review any agreement or combination of agreements with Apple that relate to the resolution of Plaintiffs’ claims against Apple in this litigation.” As Reuters notes, on Monday SpaceXAI and X Corp. put their claims against Apple to bed without divulging any sort of settlement or deal.
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