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Judge Alsup blasts ClaimsHero attempt to “trick” class authors to opt out in “a fraud of immense proportions.” Warns of case referral to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Read more: Judge Alsup blasts ClaimsHero attempt to “trick” class authors to opt out in “a fraud of immense proportions.” Warns of case referral to the U.S. Attorney’s office.Things went horribly for Devin “Velvel” Freedman, counsel for ClaimsHero at today’s hearing. As we predicted before the hearing, things woulldn’t–and didn’t–end well for ClaimsHero. From the start of ClaimsHero’s argument, Judge Alsup excoriated Freedman, a lawyer from Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, for ClaimsHero’s “misleading” interference with the claims and opt out process approved by…
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Bartz Class Counsel asks for leave to file reply to ClaimsHero. Proposed reply blasts ClaimsHero’s brief.
Read more: Bartz Class Counsel asks for leave to file reply to ClaimsHero. Proposed reply blasts ClaimsHero’s brief.Things are getting heated in the Bartz v. Anthropic case. Less than 24 hours after third-party law firm ClaimsHero filed a full-throated First Amendment defense of its marketing, social media, and website overtures to Bartz class members to opt out, the Bartz Class Counsel filed motion for leave to file a reply. Bartz Class Counsel…
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ClaimsHero offers vigorous defense of its overtures to Bartz class members. Disputes Bartz Class Counsel’s allegations.
Read more: ClaimsHero offers vigorous defense of its overtures to Bartz class members. Disputes Bartz Class Counsel’s allegations.ClaimsHero, an Arizona law firm that specializes in aggregating claims for class actions, gave a full-throated defense of its overtures to Bartz class members who potentially choose to opt out of the class recovery and pursue their own claims against Anthropic separately. When the Bartz Class Counsel had contacted ClaimsHero about Class Counsel’s concerns with…
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Anthropic agrees with Bartz’s motion to limit ClaimsHero’s overtures to class members. Anthropic also suggests ClaimsHero is using Anthropic’s trademarks in way likely to cause confusion.
Read more: Anthropic agrees with Bartz’s motion to limit ClaimsHero’s overtures to class members. Anthropic also suggests ClaimsHero is using Anthropic’s trademarks in way likely to cause confusion.As invited by Judge Alsup, Anthropic has officially weighed in on the controversy brewing over a third-party firm named ClaimsHero’s overtures to Bartz class members. For more about this controversy, visit here: Anthropic agrees with Bartz book authors that the court should issue an order limiting ClaimsHero’s overtures to class members (apparently seeking to represent…
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Judge Alsup quickly grants expedited hearing for Nov. 13, 8 AM, subject to service on ClaimsHero.
Read more: Judge Alsup quickly grants expedited hearing for Nov. 13, 8 AM, subject to service on ClaimsHero.Judge Alsup wasted no time in granting the Class Counsel for the Bartz book authors’ motion for an expedited hearing. Judge Alsup set the in-person hearing for Nov. 13, 8 AM, in San Francisco. The order is subject to Class Counsel serving the relevant papers on ClaimsHero. The attorneys for ClaimsHero better be prepared. Expect…
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Bartz book authors face new foe: ClaimsHero firm seeking to represent book authors who opt out. Bartz asks Judge Alsup for expedited hearing on Nov. 12, 2025.
Read more: Bartz book authors face new foe: ClaimsHero firm seeking to represent book authors who opt out. Bartz asks Judge Alsup for expedited hearing on Nov. 12, 2025.The Bartz book authors, who were successful in securing a $1.5 billion settlement in their copyright suit against Anthropic, now face a new foe: an Arizona based firm called ClaimsHero, which touts itself as “a platform and law firm dedicated to helping individuals seamlessly collect what’s theirs.“ On its website, ClaimsHero tracks class actions, especially…