NEW YORK TIMES CO

18. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

We were required to maintain $13.7 million and $13.8 million of restricted cash as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively, the majority of which is set aside to collateralize workers’ compensation obligations.

We are involved in various legal actions incidental to our business that are now pending against us. These actions generally assert damages claims that are greatly in excess of the amount, if any, that we would be liable to pay if we lost or settled the cases. We record a liability for legal claims when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters, no amount of loss in excess of recorded amounts as of December 31, 2023, is believed to be reasonably possible.

On December 27, 2023, we filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), Open AI Inc. and various of its corporate affiliates (collectively, “OpenAI”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging copyright infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, related to their unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Microsoft and OpenAI from continuing their unlawful, unfair and infringing conduct and other relief. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.