Cook County Record: Class action objector hawk Ted Frank will be allowed to intervene in investor lawsuit, challenging ‘mootness fees’
Scott Holland at the Cook County Record detailed HLLI's recent Seventh Circuit win in the Akorn cases.
Scott Holland at the Cook County Record detailed HLLI's recent Seventh Circuit win in the Akorn cases.
Alison Frankel reported on the implications of HLLI's appellate victory yesterday in Akorn, which allows HLLI director Ted Frank to intervene against strike suit plaintiffs.
The Register covered the objection to the Google Location History settlement filed by the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
The National Law Journal covered HLLI's intervention in Carlyle v. Akorn.
Reuters covered HLLI's objection In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security in which Wawa settled the case for $12.2 million and gave $9 million in gift cards and other compensation to 22 million consumers.
Law360 covered post-remand proceedings concerning an attorneys' fee award that HLLI's John Andren successfully vacated in his appeal from In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation.
HLLI filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit supporting states seeking to intervene in East Bay Sanctuary v. Biden, a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s immigration rules.
Legal Insurrection wrote about HLLI's potential lawsuit against the organizations that engaged in anti-Israel protests in DC that blocked traffic.
HLLI’s amicus brief underscores concerns about the apparent collaboration between the government and private litigants to sidestep accountability and push through policy changes that might otherwise face hurdles. This tactic, often called “sue and settle” raises constitutional and policy questions and bypasses the normal political process while allowing the executive branch to evade accountability.
HLLI represents objectors challenging a cy pres settlement that pays $0 to the class but $62 million for attorneys' fees and to third-party organizations, many of which have pre-existing relationships with Google or the attorneys.