Bartz book authors seek order from Judge Alsup v. allegedly misleading overture by ClaimsHero firm to opt out of class

Judge Alsup issued an order last night expressing concerns with some changes to the class notice made by Class Counsel in Bartz v. Anthropic.

But that wasn’t even the big news. After that order, the Bartz book authors, through Class Counsel, filed a motion for Judge Alsup to issue an order limiting the overtures that an Arizona law firm called ClaimsHero can make to members of the class.

The Bartz Class Counsel that the marketing of ClaimsHero allegedly is misleading in proposing a kind of “bait-and-switch” by suggesting that people can make a “claim application” for recovery but they would be actually opting out of the class settlement in Bartz.

Even worse, as previewed above, ClaimsHero uses deceptive bait-and-switch tactics to solicit pre-notice opt-outs. ClaimsHero’s name alone primes Class Members to believe the company will help them submit a settlement claim rather than an opt-out request.
Bartz brief

Excerpts from Bartz’s brief