AI Legal Cases

Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC

District Court, N.D. California · Docket 5:26-cv-05931

Active Litigation

Court
District Court, N.D. California
Docket
5:26-cv-05931
Filed
June 17, 2026
Category
Copyright
Plaintiffs
Shakespeare
Defendants
Anthropic PBC
Current status
Filed; docket monitoring active, no development recorded yet by this tracker
Docket and filings
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Latest development · August 5, 2026

CLERK'S NOTICE RESETTING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Initial Case Management Conference previously set for 9/17/2026 is RESET for 10/15/2026 at 02:00 PM in San Jose, Courtroom 8, 4th Floor. Joint Case Management Statement due by 10/8/2026. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. T

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Docket timeline

  • August 5, 2026

    ***DISREGARD. SEE CLERK'S NOTICE AT ECF 31 .(Filed on 8/5/2026). (Entered: 08/05/2026) Docket #30 →

  • August 5, 2026

    CLERK'S NOTICE RESETTING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Initial Case Management Conference previously set for 9/17/2026 is RESET for 10/15/2026 at 02:00 PM in San Jose, Courtroom 8, 4th Floor. Joint Case Management Statement due by 10/8/2026. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. T Docket #31 →

  • July 23, 2026

    NOTICE of Appearance filed by Adam Irving Gafni on behalf of Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Clark, Suzanne Cope, Carey Co Docket #29 →

  • July 17, 2026

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Clark, Suzanne Cope, Carey Corp, Julie Cross, Ron Currie, Jr, Vi Docket #28 →

  • July 14, 2026

    STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS TIME TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT filed by Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Clark, Suzanne Docket #27 →

  • July 7, 2026

    ORDER RELATING CASE. Signed by Judge P. Casey Pitts on 7/7/2026. (crr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/7/2026) (Entered: 07/07/2026) Docket #24 →

  • July 7, 2026

    ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is directly assigned to Judge P. Casey Pitts. Judge Eumi K. Lee no longer assigned to the case. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after the case number. Counsel are reminded to verif Docket #25 →

  • July 7, 2026

    CLERKS NOTICE RESETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOLLOWING REASSIGNMENT. Joint Case Management Statement due by 9/10/2026. Initial Case Management Conference set for 9/17/2026 01:00 PM in San Jose, Courtroom 8, 4th Floor before Judge P. Casey Pitts.See Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern Docket #26 →

  • July 2, 2026

    Judicial Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship of Cases re 25-cv-10897-PCP and 26-cv-5931-EKL. Signed by Judge Eumi K. Lee on 7/2/2026. (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/2/2026) (Entered: 07/02/2026) Docket #23 →

  • June 30, 2026

    ORDER RE BAR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE (Benjamin F. Tookey). Signed by Judge Eumi K. Lee on 6/30/2026. (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/30/2026) (Entered: 06/30/2026) Docket #22 →

  • June 30, 2026

    Second MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice by Mark S. Kaufman ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-22158577.) filed by Julie Cross, Stanley Ginsberg, Thomas Guzman-Sanchez, K. W. Jeter, Barron Lerner, Ben Westhoff. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Certficate of Good Standing, NYS Bar)(Kaufman, Docket #20 →

  • June 30, 2026

    ORDER Granting 20 Motion for Pro Hac Vice as to attorney Mark S. Kaufman. Signed by Judge Eumi K. Lee. (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/30/2026) (Entered: 06/30/2026) Docket #21 →

  • June 25, 2026

    Summons Returned Executed, Anthropic PBC served on 6/24/2026, answer due 7/15/2026. by Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Cla Docket #19 →

  • June 23, 2026

    NOTICE of Appearance filed by Michael P. Manapol on behalf of Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Clark, Suzanne Cope, Carey C Docket #18 →

  • June 23, 2026

    CLERK'S NOTICE OF IMPENDING REASSIGNMENT TO A U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: The Clerk of this Court will now randomly reassign this case to a District Judge because a party has not consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. You will be informed by separate notice of the district judge to whom Docket #15 →

  • June 23, 2026

    CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen for Discovery (mxg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/23/2026) Docket →

  • June 23, 2026

    CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by Tiffany Aliche, Bert Bates, Vince Beiser, Clara Bingham, Susan Bliler, Barbara Marie Bonneau, Cylin Busby, Busby Ross Inc., Nolan Bushnell, Stephen J. Caldas, Anne Canadeo, Scott Carney, Jordi Castells, Wahida Clark, Suzanne Cope, Carey Docket #14 →

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Facts on this page were last verified against the docket on August 3, 2026. See how we track these cases, or return to all tracked cases.

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