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Henderson v. Springfield R-12 School District

Docket number: 23-1374 (8th Cir.) The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed an amicus brief in support of two Missouri public school employees, Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Lumley. Henderson and Lumley allege that school officials conducting a mandatory diversity training violated the First Amendment by forcing the two to confess their privilege and commit themselves to anti-racist advocacy. The district court not only ruled against the plaintiffs, it ordered them to pay the…

<em>Henderson v. Springfield R-12 School District</em>

Sweet v. Cardona

HLLI filed a brief of amici curiae on behalf of 3 intervenor colleges appealing the district court’s approval of a collusive class action settlement that skirts statutory limits to achieve Biden administration goals concerning student debt relief.

<em>Sweet v. Cardona</em>

Eleventh Circuit: Objector Ted Frank Has Standing, but Class Reps Don’t

Amanda Bronstad: In Wednesday’s decision, the Eleventh Circuit instructed that the district judge should “consider the points raised by Frank in this appeal” when reevaluating the settlement’s approval, including “whether the proposed attorneys’ fees are disproportionately large compared to the amount of relief reasonably expected to be provided to the class.”

Eleventh Circuit: Objector Ted Frank Has Standing, but Class Reps Don’t

Mario Cerame, et al. v. Michael Bowler, in his official capacity as Connecticut Statewide Bar Counsel, et al.

The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed an amicus brief in support of two Connecticut attorneys, Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, challenging a newly-adopted Connecticut rule that would prohibit attorneys from engaging in “derogatory or demeaning” speech or speech that “manifests bias or prejudice” with respect to certain protected characteristics. 

<em>Mario Cerame, et al. v. Michael Bowler, in his official capacity as Connecticut Statewide Bar Counsel, et al.</em>
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Stanikzy v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co.

The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness submitted an amicus brief in support of affirming a district court’s fee order because increasing the attorneys’ fee award would not benefit class members—in fact, it would cost them over a half million dollars—and it would create perverse incentives for other attorneys to earmark their fee requests to the detriment of absent class members.

<em>Stanikzy v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co.</em>
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