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November 14, 2025By Katy Hershberger

Judge Stops Third-Party Firm from Misleading Anthropic Class Members

November 14, 2025By Katy Hershberger

Judge William Alsup has ruled that a third-party law firm must correct its misleading information about the Anthropic lawsuit and settlement. Plaintiffs had accused ClaimsHero of soliciting authors to opt out of the settlement with website messaging and social media ads, which Alsup calls “materially misleading and confusing” in a new filing. ClaimsHero must delete the Anthropic page on its website and stop running all ads. It also has to turn over “all marketing materials and communications regarding the Settlement directed to Class Members” and provide Class Counsel with the names and contact information for anyone who engaged with the firm […]

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