Regulation, Law & GovernanceUS District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Martínez-Olguín)US District Court for the Northern District of California

Court grants final approval to $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic settlement

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Final approval of the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic settlement — the final approval order. About $3,000 per work. Attorneys' fees were cut from the requested 20% to about 6.8%

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The summary judgment (Alsup) and the final approval (Martínez-Olguín) are separate events before separate judges. Claims based on future outputs are reserved

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