Judge Alsup brands ClaimsHero's push to lure authors out of Anthropic's $1.5B deal 'a fraud of immense proportions'

At a San Francisco hearing Thursday, Judge William Alsup called ClaimsHero's campaign to pull class members out of the $1.5B Anthropic copyright settlement 'a fraud of immense proportions,' a 'blatant attempt to trick people into opting out,' and 'extortion.' The third-party firm has no federal litigation experience and is urging authors to reject the $3,000-per-work settlement in pursuit of claimed $150,000-per-book payouts, with Alsup threatening to refer the outfit to the US Attorney.