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Company filingOctober 23, 2026Bartz v. Anthropic PBC · N.D. Cal., No. 4:24-cv-05417-AMO

Bartz v. Anthropic: class counsel and Anthropic tell the court they expect the first settlement payments to go out the week of Nov. 23, 2026

In a joint stipulation filed Oct. 23, 2026 (Dkt. 694), class counsel and Anthropic ask Judge Martínez-Olguín to approve further additions to the settlement website's FAQ page, following the court's final approval of the settlement (Dkt. 680) and its approval of earlier website updates (Dkt. 692). The parties say class members keep asking about the claims process, how payments are split between co-claimants for the same work, and the allocation portal where claimants can adjust their claimed shares. The new FAQ text (Exhibit A) is meant to explain how to use that portal, how to handle claims shared with co-rightsholders, and the deadlines for resolving allocation disputes. The parties state that they expect the settlement administrator to send notices of agreed allocations on or before Nov. 13, 2026, and to make the initial distribution of settlement payments during the week of Nov. 23, 2026. These dates are the parties' expectations; the court had not signed the proposed order when this was posted.

Joint stipulation and proposed order approving further updates to the settlement website (Dkt. 694, PDF) ↗

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