Reuters: Class action watchdog blasts $33 mln legal fee bid in controversial Verizon surcharge deal
Reuters covered HLLI challenging forum shopping tactics that could result in plaintiffs' lawyers getting $8 million in undeserved legal fees.
MacClelland v. Cellco Partnership (Verizon intervention)
The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute represents four intervenors who are challenging plaintiffs’ counsel’s forum shopping tactics in settling a nationwide class action in a state court likely to award more fees out of class recovery than attorneys would get in federal court, where the action was first filed.
In re Advocate Aurora Health Pixel Litigation
HLLI represents an objector challenging a proposed settlement where class counsel seeks an outsized percentage of the settlement amount for themselves and which caps class members claims at pennies on the dollar.
New York Post: DEI machine grows stronger, critics target homeschooling parents and other commentary
The New York Post highlighted the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute's unique legal strategy for possibly suing organizations who engaged in traffic-blocking protests.
The Wall Street Journal: How to hold anti-Israel protesters accountable for breaking the law by disrupting traffic.
Jason Riley wrote about the possibility of suing anti-Israel traffic-blocking protestors, as HLLI co-founder Ted Frank suggested.
AUDIO: Ted Frank Discusses Taking Action Against Traffic-Blocking Activists
Director of Litigation Ted Frank appeared on the Jason Rantz Show to discuss a potential legal action against organized activists blocking major highways like Seattle’s I-5, Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, and New York’s Holland Tunnel.
HLLI amicus participation leads to court rejecting class action settlement attempting to funnel money from class to left-wing organization
HLLI advocated to successfully stop $10.5 million in class action funds in the case Hawes v. Macy’s, Inc. from being routed, through settlement cy pres, to a left-wing nonprofit advocacy group with no direct interest in the case. Case No. 1:17-cv-754 (S.D. Ohio 2023).
HLLI congratulates Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak on receiving prestigious service award
Holyoak co-founded HLLI with Theodore H. Frank in 2019. She previously served as senior counsel with the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF), now part of HLLI. At HLLI, Holyoak helped return hundreds of millions of dollars to consumers and shareholders.
Courts Abuse Cy Pres to Funnel Class Action Dollars to Progressive Causes
There is another form of charitable giving, which happens without much fanfare, each year. It is called cy pres, and it often results in money diverted away from people to whom it is owed and toward causes they may or may not support.
Reuters: In Wawa class action, appeals court tosses fee award that’s higher than class recovery
Alison Frankel wrote about HLLI's successful appeal of a $3.2 million attorneys' fee award in the Wawa Data Security settlement, where the district court awarded attorneys more than the class.
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