At 4-hour hearing Judge Alsup rebukes ClaimsHero for “bait-and-switch” pitch to Bartz class members to opt out without any other lawsuit v. Anthropic, leaving opt-out class members potentially with $0 recovery. Judge warns ClaimsHero again of criminal referral to US Attorney if it seeks “sweeter deal” from Anthropic. – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

At 4-hour hearing Judge Alsup rebukes ClaimsHero for “bait-and-switch” pitch to Bartz class members to opt out without any other lawsuit v. Anthropic, leaving opt-out class members potentially with $0 recovery. Judge warns ClaimsHero again of criminal referral to US Attorney if it seeks “sweeter deal” from Anthropic.

Judge Alsup held a 4-hour marathon evidentiary hearing in San Francisco. On trial (without being formally charged or sued) was ClaimsHero. Claims Hero is an Arizona law firm that attempted to entice book authors who are class members in the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. ClaimsHero tried to convince class members to opt out of the … Continue reading At 4-hour hearing Judge Alsup rebukes ClaimsHero for “bait-and-switch” pitch to Bartz class members to opt out without any other lawsuit v. Anthropic, leaving opt-out class members potentially with $0 recovery. Judge warns ClaimsHero again of criminal referral to US Attorney if it seeks “sweeter deal” from Anthropic.