# Payout to Bartz class members likely delayed as someone filed a notice of appeal

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> Published: 2026-08-19 00:38:57+00:00

**Someone just filed a notice of appeal in Bartz v. Anthropic. **

**Unless the appeal pertains only to the attorneys’ fees and/or service award, the appeal will delay the payout to class members** **pending the resolution of the appeal and any cert petition. **That will likely take several years!

Here’s how I understand the Class Settlement Agreement, in reordered fashion:

Payout is to occur by 28 days of the Effective Date:

But the effective date won’t occur if an appeal is filed until the resolution of the appeal, including a potential cert petition. That will take years!