Sidney H. Stein

Senior District Judge, Southern District of New York · appointed by Clinton, 1995

Currently on senior status.

Currently presiding over 13 AI-related lawsuits tracked on this site.

AI cases on the docket

Authors Guild v. OpenAI SDNY · Sep 19, 2023

Class-wide
Basbanes v. Microsoft SDNY
Bird v. Microsoft SDNY
California Newspaper Partnership v. Microsoft & OpenAI SDNY
Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI SDNY · Jun 27, 2024

DMCA + copyright
Denial v. OpenAI N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL
Gracenote Media v. OpenAI SDNY
Millette v. OpenAI N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL
NY Daily News et al. v. OpenAI SDNY · Apr 30, 2024

Consolidated
New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft SDNY · Dec 27, 2023

$Billions
Tremblay / Silverman v. OpenAI N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL · Jun 28, 2023

Class-wide
U.S. News & World Report v. OpenAI SDNY
Ziff Davis v. OpenAI Del. → SDNY MDL · Apr 24, 2025

IGN, CNET, Mashable

How we track this

Assignment data comes from PACER docket entries and is verified weekly. Reassignments and senior-status changes are reflected within seven days. See our methodology.