Judge Mark T. Pittman of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied an emergency motion by OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI, L.L.C. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC seeking to compel X Corp and SpaceXAI to produce the confidential agreement that resolved the plaintiffs' antitrust claims against Apple, which were voluntarily dismissed with prejudice on September 14. OpenAI had filed its motion on September 15, nearly two months after the July 31 close of discovery, arguing the agreement might contain information relevant to a summary judgment motion OpenAI plans to file. The court first ordered X Corp and SpaceXAI to deliver the agreement for in camera review, then concluded after reviewing it that it "does not present information relevant to the issues to be decided at summary judgment or trial in this case." The court noted that federal policy strongly favors keeping settlement terms confidential to encourage parties to settle, and that courts should be reluctant to override that confidentiality absent a clear showing of relevance. The underlying case, in which X Corp and SpaceXAI allege OpenAI holds an unlawful monopoly over the AI chatbot market, continues, with OpenAI now expected to move for summary judgment based on the existing discovery record.
Judge Denies OpenAI's Bid to Force X Corp to Turn Over Its Confidential Apple Settlement
A federal judge ruled on September 17 that OpenAI cannot compel X Corp and SpaceXAI to produce their confidential settlement agreement with Apple, after reviewing the agreement privately and finding it contains nothing relevant to the summary judgment or trial issues remaining in the antitrust case.
Source: Order, X Corp. v. Apple Inc., No. 4:25-cv-00914 (N.D. Tex.), September 17, 2026
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