Category: class action

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…
Read more: UPDATE: Publishers’ Coordination Counsel files notice of appeal of fee award in Bartz v. Anthropic. Does not affect payout schedule.
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
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
Anthropic seeks to relate Carreyrou/Cambronne suit and Chicken Soup for the Soul suit to Bartz v. Anthropic

In one of the more intriguing litigation moves in the AI copyright lawsuits, Anthropic told Judge Pitts that its plans on seeking to have (1) Carreyrou/Cambronne v. Anthropic and (2) Chicken Soup for the Soul both declared related cases to the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit. That case was declared a class action and then settled,…
Read more: Anthropic seeks to relate Carreyrou/Cambronne suit and Chicken Soup for the Soul suit to Bartz v. Anthropic
Judge Lee instructs Plaintiffs in AI copyright suit v. Google to define the proposed classes ahead of Feb. 20 class certification hearing

Judge Lee wants the plaintiffs in In re Google Generative AI Litigation to provide the precise definition of the classes they are seeking certification of. Apparently, in their briefing, the plaintiffs have shifted the definition over the course of the litigation. The hearing is Feb. 20, 2026, 1 PM PDT in San Jose.
Read more: Judge Lee instructs Plaintiffs in AI copyright suit v. Google to define the proposed classes ahead of Feb. 20 class certification hearing
Bartz Class Counsel & Authors Guild host webinar on Jan. 13 re: class settlement

The Bartz Class Counsel and Authors Guild will host a Zoom webinar about the class settlement on Jan. 13, 2 PM EDT. Judge Martínez-Olguín, who took over the case following Judge Alsup’s retirement, granted the parties’ request for a 2-week extension of the deadline for class members to opt out of or object to the…
Read more: Bartz Class Counsel & Authors Guild host webinar on Jan. 13 re: class settlement
Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suit

Plaintiffs are seeking to exclude the expert testimony of two experts proffered by Google: William Patry and Ryan Sullivan. Of course, as Plaintiffs say, “Patry formerly served as Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel for over 17 years and now works at Quinn Emanuel, where he represents other large technology companies in litigation involving the use of…
Read more: Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suit
Kadrey book authors ask Judge Chhabria for concurrent briefing of class certification on torrenting claim and summary judgment on infringement

The Kadrey book authors filed a motion asking Judge Chhabria for concurrent briefing of (i) class certification and (ii) summary judgment on infringement, both related to the remaining part of the case involving Meta’s alleged torrenting, including uploading or sharing, of copyrighted works. The Kadrey plaintiffs cite the concurrent briefing in Bartz v. Anthropic in…
Read more: Kadrey book authors ask Judge Chhabria for concurrent briefing of class certification on torrenting claim and summary judgment on infringement
In one of final orders, Judge Alsup rebukes Bartz Class Counsel for seeking attorneys’ fees for 3 law firms beyond the 2 firms appointed Class Counsel

In one of his final orders before his retirement from the bench in a few days, Judge William Alsup issued a strong rebuke of the Bartz Class Counsel’s motion for attorneys’ fees beyond the 2 firms appointed class counsel, Susman Godfrey LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP. The motion for attorneys’ fees will…
Read more: In one of final orders, Judge Alsup rebukes Bartz Class Counsel for seeking attorneys’ fees for 3 law firms beyond the 2 firms appointed Class Counsel
John Carreyrou, book authors file copyright suit v. entire AI industry: Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI (of Elon Musk), and Perplexity. Copyright suits hit 70. (Could have been 75.)

John Carreyrou and 5 other book authors (Lisa Barretta, Philip Shishkin, Jane Adams, Matthew Sacks, and Michael Kochin) ho opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic with the encouragement of ClaimsHero, an Arizona-based law firm that has specialized in claims aggregation, have filed today a copyright lawsuit against nearly the entire U.S. AI industry: The…
Read more: John Carreyrou, book authors file copyright suit v. entire AI industry: Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI (of Elon Musk), and Perplexity. Copyright suits hit 70. (Could have been 75.)