In a nearly 5-hour hearing, Judge Eumi Lee peppered the attorneys for both Concord Music and Anthropic with questions on the issues raised by their summary judgment motions. The docket gives a brief summary:
“Argument of counsel heard. Hearing to be continued as to remaining Daubert motions. The Court ordered the parties to meet and confer as to best available dates and format for continued hearing and inform the Court’s CRD.By 10/26/2026, the parties shall deliver two sets of chambers copies as discussed on the record. The first set shall be organized according to the proposed order for the omnibus sealing motion (ECF No. 806-2). The proposed order shall include updated ECF numbers to identify the re-filed version of each document filed under seal that reflects the parties’ final sealing requests. The second set shall be organized according to the indices filed at ECF No. 910. Plaintiff Attorney: Matthew Oppenheim, Nick Haley, Corey Miller, Michel Gomez-Reichman, Timothy Chung, Bret Matera. Defendant Attorney: Sonal Mehta, Louis Tompros, Ari Holtzblatt, Robin Burrell, Jared Grubow, Alex Miller. Total Time in Court: 4:43.”
Due to the length of the hearing on summary judgment motions, Judge Lee set an additional hearing for the Daubert motions on each side’s experts: “CLERK’S NOTICE SETTING CONTINUED MOTIONS HEARING BY ZOOM.Motion Hearing as to remaining Daubert motions set for 10/30/2026 at 01:00 PM in San Jose, – Videoconference Only before Judge Eumi K. Lee. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom meeting.Court Appearances: Advanced notice is required of counsel or parties who will be present at the hearing. A list of names and emails must be sent to the CRD at eklcrd@cand.uscourts.gov no later than 10/28/2026 at 5:00 PM.Civ LR 77-3(d). Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited.”
