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Court orderOctober 19, 2026Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC · N.D. Cal. 5:26-cv-05931 (Judge P. Casey Pitts)

Judge Pitts sets the schedule in the opt-out authors' BitTorrent suit against Anthropic: fact discovery closes June 30, 2027, with no trial date before a March 2028 conference

After the Oct. 15, 2026 case management conference, Judge Pitts entered a case management order on Oct. 19. Amended pleadings and new parties are due by Jan. 15, 2027. Fact discovery closes June 30, 2027. Opening expert reports are due July 30, 2027, rebuttal reports Aug. 30, 2027, and expert discovery closes Sept. 30, 2027. Dispositive motions are due Oct. 29, 2027. No trial date was set; a trial setting conference is scheduled for March 28, 2028. Anthropic's motion to dismiss and its separate motion to pause discovery into the alleged BitTorrent uploads, both set for hearing Dec. 17, 2026, are still pending. The transcript of the Oct. 15 conference has been filed but stays restricted until Jan. 19, 2027.

Case management order, Dkt. 66 (docket entry) ↗Docket (CourtListener) ↗

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