Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee for the City of Boston

Docket number: 23-1137 (U.S.) The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed an amicus brief with the American Civil Rights Project and Manhattan Institute supporting Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp.’s petition for writ of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case challenges an admissions process used by three prestigious “exam schools” operated by Boston Public Schools that is transparently and unconstitutionally based on racial proxies, with the goal of achieving…

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May 21, 2024
Amicus Briefs

HLLI Files Amicus Brief Challenging Corporate Transparency Act

HLLI has filed an amicus brief in National Small Business United v. Department of the Treasury, opposing the Corporate Transparency Act as a violation of the Fourth Amendment’s bar against unreasonable searches and seizures.

HLLI Files <em>Amicus</em> Brief Challenging Corporate Transparency Act

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May 21, 2024
Press Releases

National Small Business United v. Department of the Treasury

HLLI filed an amicus brief supporting a challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act, which violates the Fourth Amendment’s bar against unreasonable searches and seizures by requiring many businesses to submit personal information about their owners to a government database.

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May 21, 2024
Amicus Briefs

Law 360: Transparency Act Violates Constitution, Groups Tell 11th Circ.

Law 360 wrote about HLLI's amicus brief in National Small Business United v. Department of the Treasury, opposing the Department of Justice’s emergency motion to stay a district court’s nationwide injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

<em>Law 360</em>: Transparency Act Violates Constitution, Groups Tell 11th Circ.

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May 20, 2024
Press Highlights

Deseret News: From the University of Utah to the national stage — one lawyer’s journey to the Federal Trade Commission

Deseret News ran a profile of HLLI's co-founder, Melissa Holyoak.

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May 13, 2024
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City Journal : A Judiciary, Not a Legislature

HLLI founder Ted Frank authored a City Journal piece about activist plaintiffs using "nuisance lawsuits" to create environmental regulations.

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May 10, 2024
Media Appearances

Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Twenty-One States Challenge Biden Administration’s Gun Sales Restriction

On Monday the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) asked a federal court to stop the Biden Administration's new rule that restricts gun sales between private citizens.

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May 7, 2024
Press Releases

Reuters: Google privacy deal yields $18 mln for lawyers, no funds for consumers

Reuters covers approval of the Google Location History settlement—which provides $0 to class members, over HLLI's objection. “We will appeal as far as needed to get the money to the class.”

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May 6, 2024
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Kansas, Journey, et al. v. Garland et al. (ATF rule challenge)

On behalf of a firearms collector and hobbyist, HLLI filed a lawsuit over the Biden Administration's new rule that restricts gun sales between private citizens.

<em>Kansas, Journey, et al. v. Garland et al.</em> (ATF rule challenge)

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May 1, 2024
Open Cases

National Review: Columbia University Leaders Sued for Failing to Ensure Campus Safety. Could Protesters be Next?

National Review reported on HLLI's potential lawsuits against organizations that engaged in anti-Israel protests that blocked traffic. In December, the Wall Street Journal editorial board suggested using “creative class actions” to hit mobs of anti-Israel protesters “in their pocketbooks.” Lawyers with the free-market Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute are exploring legal action against the organizers of well-planned protests that blocked highways and bridges in major cities. Ned Hedley, a lawyer with the institute, told National Review that there…

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May 1, 2024
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