Judge allows most of Reddit's lawsuit against Anthropic to proceed
Judge Harold Kahn allowed three of Reddit's five claims against Anthropic to proceed: breach of contract, tortious interference, and violation of California's unfair competition law. Claims for unjust enrichment and trespass were dismissed with leave to amend by October 16. Reddit accuses Anthropic of scraping user comments to train Claude.
- Judge Kahn rejected Anthropic's argument that Reddit's user agreement doesn't apply
- Reddit claims over 100,000 accesses after CEO's public warning
- Two claims dismissed; Reddit may refile by October 16
- Lawsuit filed in June 2025; Reddit has licensing deals with Google and OpenAI
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