Anthropic must face lawsuit over Claude Max "20x more usage" marketing
A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco ruled Friday that Anthropic must face a proposed class action claiming it misled customers by selling its $100 and $200 Claude Max plans as offering "5x or 20x more usage" than Pro. Judge Alex Tse found the ads plausibly misleading because customers pay monthly, while the multipliers apply only per five-hour session and weekly caps don't scale the same way; plaintiffs calculate the $200 plan gives about 6x Pro's weekly usage on one model. Claims for negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and one consumer-protection claim proceed, while others were dismissed with leave to amend by Dec. 2.
Source: Courthouse News Service