A federal judge on October 13, 2026 granted Apple limited expedited discovery in its trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI, ordering the defendants to produce forensic device images, materials used to interview Apple job candidates, and private messages between two figures in the dispute. Discovery the Court Granted Judge Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted in part Apple’s motion in Apple Inc. v. Liu, the San Jose case naming former Apple…