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Afternoon Brief · October 28th 2026
Apple wins wider discovery against OpenAI in its trade-secrets suit
Judge Edward Davila granted more of Apple's discovery requests in its suit against former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, OpenAI and io Products. Apple can now get records of Liu's use of ChatGPT, Claude and Codex on personal and work devices, details of accounts and apps allegedly used to move Apple information, and testimony from OpenAI on battery, power-management and metal-finishing work and on its interviews of Apple employees B. The judge denied requests for OpenAI's own devices and internal investigations as too broad for now. Defendants have 14 days to produce. SourcesB
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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of October 28th 2026.