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Bride-to-be Sues the District of Columbia to End Ban on Wedding Dancing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Washington, DC (May 9, 2021) – Monday morning, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, in a joint effort with the Liberty Justice Center, filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Washington DC bride-to-be, Margaret Appleby, challenging DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s recent executive order banning wedding dancing. In the 1984 Kevin Bacon classic, Footloose, a puritanical minister played by John Lithgow persuaded the town counsel of fictional Bomont to ban…

Bride-to-be Sues the District of Columbia to End Ban on Wedding Dancing

Appleby v. Bowser

The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed suit against the District of Columbia, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Attorney General Karl Racine to block the enforcement of the newly enacted rule banning wedding dancing, a unique form of expressive activity protected by the First Amendment.

<em>Appleby v. Bowser</em>
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Court delays $1.1 million payment to lawyers until class redeems coupons

Daniel Fisher at Legal Newsline covered the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute's objection to the settlement in Rael v. The Children’s Place, Inc., which resulted in an order delaying attorneys fees until after the coupon redemption rate is known. A federal judge in California approved the settlement of lawsuit against The Children’s Place for allegedly misleading consumers about the value of “sale” items. But U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel in California…

Court delays $1.1 million payment to lawyers until class redeems coupons
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Fruitstone v. Spartan Race, Inc.

The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, on behalf of Jed Nolan, filed an objection to counsel's request for $2.29 million in fees in the proposed Spartan Race, Inc. class settlement, which provides only coupons to class members.

<em>Fruitstone v. Spartan Race, Inc.</em>

In re Flint Water Cases

Docket number: 5:16-cv-10444 (E.D. Mich.) Appellate case number: 22-1185 (6th Cir.) The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed objections on behalf of a group of Flint residents challenging plaintiffs’ attorneys’ excessive $202.76 million fee request from a $641 million settlement resolving claims against several defendants in connection with their alleged negligence and misconduct in the Flint water crisis. HLLI represents the Hall objectors—Flint residents and parents Raymond Hall, Robert Hempel, and Ashley…

<em>In re Flint Water Cases</em>

Pennsylvania Bar Dismisses 3rd Circuit Appeal in Rule 8.4(g) Challenge

Josh Blackman of the Volokh Conspiracy at Reason.com congratulated HLLI for its free speech victory in Greenberg v. Haggerty. In December, a federal district court declared unconstitutional Pennsylvania's version of ABA Model Rule 8.4(g). The judge reiterated points that Eugene Volokh and I have been making for years: this rule may be well intentioned, but it violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. In January, the Pennsylvania Bar filed a…

Pennsylvania Bar Dismisses 3rd Circuit Appeal in Rule 8.4(g) Challenge
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St. John v. Jones, et al.

The settlement and fee request would provide only 30% of the funds to class members, 25% to attorneys, 5% to the settlement administrator and about 40% or $16 million to third party organizations, called cy pres. The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the diversion of class funds.

<em>St. John v. Jones, et al.</em>
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