Law.com has named the plaintiffs’ litigation team, co-led by Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman, as “Litigators of the Week” for their groundbreaking work in reaching a $1.5 billion settlement for authors and copyright holders in a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic.
Landmark Agreement with Anthropic Submitted for Court Approval Agreement Would Result in First Major Payout to Creators Challenging AI Exploitation of their Work, Believed Largest Recovery Ever in a US Copyright Case On September 5, 2025, Plaintiffs in the Bartz et al. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal.), literary piracy lawsuit today announced the
Lawsuit alleges AI company Anthropic took millions of copyright-protected books for commercial benefit, harming books authors, copyright holders, and the publishing industry as a whole A federal judge has appointed Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP and Susman Godfrey LLP to serve as Co-Lead Class Counsel in the class action lawsuit against AI company Anthropic