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Anthropic loses bid to relate Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella suits to Bartz v. Anthropic

Judge Martinez-Olguin rejected Anthropic’s request to have the recently filed lawsuits by book authors and publishers (some of whom opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement) treated as related cases to Bartz. This means those cases will be assigned different judge(s). Judge Pitts already has the Cambronne v. Anthropic case, and he is…
Read more: Anthropic loses bid to relate Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella suits to Bartz v. Anthropic
Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic

Anthropic 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…
Read more: Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic
Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic recap

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin held the hearing for the final approval of the class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, which was also live-streamed. Class Counsel Justin Nelson said the payout per work in the class will be $3,100. The class had 92.77% of participation rate for the works in the works list. David Hansen of Authors…
Read more: Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic recap
Bartz v. Anthropic livestream link for Final Approval Settlement Hearing today at 2 pm PT

In Bartz et al v. Anthropic PBC, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín will hold the Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing at 2 PM PT. From the Judge’s website: Please click the link below to join webinars (public hearings). If you are a case participant, you will join as an attendee, then you will be brought into…
Read more: Bartz v. Anthropic livestream link for Final Approval Settlement Hearing today at 2 pm PT
Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.

On the eve of the fairness hearing for final approval of the $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthopric before Judge Martinez-Olguin, a second group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. (The first group led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc. is represented by the same law…
Read more: Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.
Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.

Anthropic has cited Judge Chhabria’s decision to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne, and Cognella, respectively. Anthropic has asked Judge Martínez-Olguín, who was assigned Bartz v. Anthropic following Judge Alsup’s retirement, to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Anthropic by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne (aka…
Read more: Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.
Anthropic asks Judge Martinez-Olguin to deem Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella lawsuits as related cases to Bartz v. Anthropic

Although Judge Martínez-Olguín expressed doubt of Anthropic’s earlier notice to seek a related case status between Carreyrou v. Anthropic and Bartz v. Anthopic, Anthropic has formally asked the Judge to consider related case status with two recently filed lawsuits Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic and Cognella, Inc. v. Anthropic. Presumably, because Judge Pitts…
Read more: Anthropic asks Judge Martinez-Olguin to deem Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella lawsuits as related cases to Bartz v. Anthropic
Bartz Class Counsel files updated proposed order ahead of May 14 final approval of settlement hearing

At the Court’s instruction, the Bartz Class Counsel have filed an updated proposed order related to the pending motions for final approval of the class settlement and award of attorneys’ fees. This was needed to account for the additional time the Court gave to file objections. The new proposed order includes any new objections filed.…
Read more: Bartz Class Counsel files updated proposed order ahead of May 14 final approval of settlement hearing
Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.

In an update provided to the court ahead of the final approval hearing, the Bartz Class Counsel announced a stunning participation rate of 91.3 percent — or 440,409 of 482,460 works in the class — have been claimed for distribution of the class settlement funds. 91.3 percent participation for a non-personal injury class action is…
Read more: Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.
Judge Martinez-Olguin pushes back Final Approval of Settlement Hearing to May 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Will allow timely class member objectors to appear via Zoom.

In Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Martinez-Olguin moved the date of the hearing to consider the Class Counsel’s motion for final approval of the settlement and of the motion for attorneys’ fees to May 14, 2026, 2 PM. (The original date was April 23.) The change was to accommodate objections from class members that had not…
Read more: Judge Martinez-Olguin pushes back Final Approval of Settlement Hearing to May 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Will allow timely class member objectors to appear via Zoom.