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Category: Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin

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
Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint

In James v. Cerebras Systems, The Clerk has scheduled a hearing on August 20, 2026, at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. James has asked the court leave to file a First Amended Complaint that adds a claim for contributory infringement related to Cerebras Systems’ alleged creation and…
Read more: Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint
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
Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.

We will soon have greater clarity with what happens to John Carreyrou’s omnibus lawsuit against 8 AI companies (some of which have already been severed). Yesterday, Judge Pitts indicated that he will grant the motions to sever the lawsuit. But he had not decided which cases involving which defendant(s) he would keep. Interestingly, Carreyrou through…
Read more: Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.
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.
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.
Bartz Class Settlement payout per work may increase above $3K per work. My current calculation = $4,800 plus per work, but subject to change.

I finally had the time to review the Bartz Class Counsel’s proposed order to its motion for final approval of the settlement and the motion for attorneys’ fees. The formula under the settlement for pro rata payouts per works claimed is as follows: In the Bartz Class Counsel’s proposed order above, we can find the…
Read more: Bartz Class Settlement payout per work may increase above $3K per work. My current calculation = $4,800 plus per work, but subject to change.
Bartz Class Counsel cut attorneys’ fee request to 12.5% (down from 20%) = $187.5M

Bartz Class Counsel also filed their reply to Anthropic’s response and the relatively few objections some class members filed to the motion for attorneys’ fees. Due to concerns Judge Alsup (before he retired) had raised, the Class Counsel has reduced its request from 20% to 12.5%. If I’ve done the math correctly, that equals $187.5…
Read more: Bartz Class Counsel cut attorneys’ fee request to 12.5% (down from 20%) = $187.5M
Bartz Class Counsel tout impressive 54% participation rate for works in class, way up from 12% in Oct. 2025. Less than 0.5% opted out.

Wow. The Bartz Class Counsel just filed their Motion for Final Approval of Settlement. The numbers are impressive. According to Class Counsel: These percentages are based on works in the class, not based on claimants. But the participation rate is very impressive. In fact, because one person could own copyrights to several works or more,…
Read more: Bartz Class Counsel tout impressive 54% participation rate for works in class, way up from 12% in Oct. 2025. Less than 0.5% opted out.
Shadow Library Strategy strikes again: Concord Music & music publishers file 2d music suit v. Anthropic seeking more than $3 billion. Copyright lawsuit No. 76 v. AI cos.

As news of Anthropic’s latest $10 billion funding round broke, with the company valued at $350 billion, Concord Music and a slew of other music publishers were finalizing their copyright lawsuit against Anthropic. In a statement to Billboard, the plaintiffs say they are seeking more than $3 billion from Anthropic. The complaint copies the Shadow…
Read more: Shadow Library Strategy strikes again: Concord Music & music publishers file 2d music suit v. Anthropic seeking more than $3 billion. Copyright lawsuit No. 76 v. AI cos.