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Judge Martinez-Olguín approves Bartz Class Counsel plan to distribute payments to class by Nov. 15
Read more: Judge Martinez-Olguín approves Bartz Class Counsel plan to distribute payments to class by Nov. 15As expected, Judge Martinez-Olguín approved the Bartz Class Counsel plan to distribute the first round of payments to class members by November 15. This first check will be for roughly $2,203.56, with a second check for around $930 to follow after Anthropic transfers the money. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER:
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The Bartz settlement is in the books. Payouts to class should take place by Sept. 17, 2026.
Read more: The Bartz settlement is in the books. Payouts to class should take place by Sept. 17, 2026.I was hoping to see an official statement on the Bartz Class Settlement website. That hasn’t occurred yet. (As of August 30, 2026, the Class website still has no updated information.) But, as I read the Settlement Agreement, the Effective Date of the Settlement occurred on Aug. 20, 2026, a day after the deadline for…
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UPDATE: Publishers’ Coordination Counsel files notice of appeal of fee award in Bartz v. Anthropic. Does not affect payout schedule.
Read more: UPDATE: Publishers’ Coordination Counsel files notice of appeal of fee award in Bartz v. Anthropic. Does not affect payout schedule.UPDATE: We just got our hands on the Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The Publishers’ Coordination Counsel has filed an appeal of attorneys’ fee award (they were denied any such award). As I read the Settlement Agreement, this appeal would not affect the Effective Date for the payouts to Class Members because it…
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Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 sought
Read more: Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 soughtJudge Araceli Martínez-Olguín just issued the final approval of the historic $1.5 billion class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. The Judge approved the settlement but reduced the attorneys’ fee award from the requested $187.5 million to $101,561,111. Instead of the “a multiplier of 6.92 on Class Counsel’s estimated lodestar of $27,082,963” sought by Class…
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Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.
Read more: Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.As Anthropic’s valuation as a company grows so do the number of copyright lawsuits against it. Today, Thomas William Shakespeare from London, along with 99 other authors, sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and co-founder Benjamin Mann in the Northern District of California. All 100 authors allegedly opted out of the Bartz class settlement (with Laura…
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Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic
Read more: Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing AnthropicAnthropic is gaining on OpenAI’s in terms of most copyright lawsuits to defend. A third group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. Anthropic now has 9 lawsuits against it. OpenAI has 24. The first group of Bartz opt outs, led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc., is…