After Judge Alsup agreed with Bartz Class Counsel that third-party law firm ClaimsHero was “misleading” and a “bait-and-switch,” the Judge ordered ClaimsHero to make the following corrections to its website within 48 hours, meaning today. Judge Alsup granted interim relief to the Bartz class of authors. ClaimsHero has 48 hours to update its website in the following:
- Disclose that ClaimsHero itself “has no experience in federal or state court.” Plus, disclose that ClaimsHero would enlist another law firm with a higher contingency fee to litigate the case. According to Law360, Judge Alsup said: “I feel this is the single biggest misleading part.”[Without such disclosure,] it is a “bait and switch” and “fraud.”
- Disclose that Judge Alsup ruled for Anthropic on fair use in AI training.
- Stop using the word “claims” in the way Bartz Class Counsel identified as misleading.
- Stop using Anthropic’s stylized trademarks and logos in its overtures to class members.
Instead, ClaimsHero has completely removed the part of its website devoted to the Anthropic Class Action Settlement as shown in the screenshot below:
Before, ClaimsHero had placed the Anthropic case first in its “Popular Claims” section, as shown below:
Presumably, ClaimsHero is still in the process of fixing its website to comply with Judge Alsup’s interim relief order.
It will be interesting to see where, on its website, ClaimsHero discloses that it has no litigation experience as counsel of record in federal or state court.