Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement and cuts class counsel fees to 6.8%
ilamont · hn · 2026-07-22
A federal judge has approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in the copyright class-action case.
The ruling also cuts class counsel fees to 6.8%, making this one of the largest AI-related copyright settlements to clear the court stage. The post is only a link, but the key update is that the settlement has now been formally approved.
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