Fontainebleau argues Boteach's AI chats bear on damages
Fontainebleau Florida Hotel, LLCPlaintiff acting through litigation counsel
Fontainebleau argues that Boteach's prompts and chats record his mental state and help establish damages.
“The prompts and chats are his mental state reduced to writing, and they are probative of damages.”
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Fontainebleau seeks Rabbi Shmuley's AI chats; he challenges the discovery requests
Fontainebleau argues that Shmuley Boteach's AI communications may bear on damages in its defamation suit. Boteach challenges the breadth of the requests and invokes work-product protection. An October 21 order permits specified categories while rejecting broader requests.
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Fontainebleau argues that specified AI material is relevant to intent to harm and punitive damages. Its descriptions of the material are allegations by counsel.
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Fontainebleau seeks discovery of Boteach's AI prompts and chats.
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The hotel alleges that Boteach repeatedly revised attacks on it.
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The disputed action is the hotel's request for AI discovery. Its own brief argues that the request is justified by the remaining damages issues.
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