Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association has joined TechNet, Consumer Technology Association and other pro-innovation organizations in an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Bartz v. Anthropic. The brief argues that the district court’s error-ridden class certification order would lead to further abuse of class action litigation and threaten the growth of the entire artificial intelligence industry.
The amici explain the errors in the district court’s decision and how those errors would impact the tech industry if this ruling were allowed to stand. In this case, the defendant is facing liability that could reach $1 trillion—greater than the GDP of each of 171 countries including Switzerland, and greater than the aggregate GDPs of 100 countries collectively.
The following can be attributed to CCIA Senior Counsel for Innovation Policy Josh Landau:
“The risk of vastly increased litigation from wrongly certified, bloated class actions can chill innovation and investment in critical AI technologies. The court of appeals should stem that tide now to ensure that America can remain the undisputed leader in AI development and deployment.”
