CClaimWatch
Defense counsel in 4 cases

Joseph Richard Farris

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Address of record
Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, (415) 471-3100
Email
joseph.farris@arnoldporter.com
Phone
(415) 471-3100
Fax
Fax (415) 471-3400

Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.

4
Cases tracked
3 active · 1 settled
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Plaintiff-side recovery
Disclosed settlement funds
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Defense-side exposure
Resolved in settlements
0
Cases with values
of 4 tracked

Case history

Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.

Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Kleiner v. Adobe Inc.

A proposed class action has been filed against Adobe Inc. in federal court. Based on the limited docket information available, the specific allegations cannot be determined from the caption and nature-of-suit coding alone; however, the case has been identified as a potential class action matter.

Filed
February 9, 2026
Represents
Adobe Inc.
Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Foret v. Adobe Consumer Credit Class Action

A proposed class action against Adobe, Inc. concerning consumer credit matters. The nature of suit code 480 indicates allegations related to consumer credit practices, though specific details are not available from the docket entry provided.

Filed
October 27, 2025
Represents
Adobe Inc.
Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Adobe Fraud Class Action

A proposed class action has been filed against Adobe alleging fraud, though the specific details are not yet available from the docket entries. The case concerns allegations that could affect ordinary consumers or users of Adobe's products or services.

Filed
August 4, 2025
Represents
Adobe, Inc.
Defense counselSettled — claims closed

Anthropic Copyright Settlement

Anthropic allegedly used copyrighted books without permission to train its artificial intelligence systems. Authors and publishers sued, claiming copyright infringement. Anthropic agreed to settle the class action lawsuit.

Claim deadline
March 30, 2026
Represents
Anthropic PBC

“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.