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.
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…
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.
Late Monday night, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed objections on behalf of a group of Flint residents challenging an excessive $202 million fee request from a partial $641 million settlement of the Flint water crisis.
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…
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…
Today, Pennsylvania enforcement officials abandoned their appeal from a district court decision enjoining them from enforcing a state rule that infringed the free speech rights of Pennsylvania attorneys.
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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – A federal court based in Philadelphia today preliminarily enjoined enforcement of a Rule of Professional Conduct aimed at disciplining attorneys for their speech. HLLI challenged Rule 8.4(g) on behalf of attorney Zachary Greenberg, a Pennsylvania-licensed attorney working for a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of students’ constitutional rights and regularly speaks at legal education and other professional events on a variety of hot-button legal…
Anna St. John of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute objected to the excessive $87.73 million fee request requested by plaintiffs' counsel, which represents 28.3% of the $310 million “megafund” settlement reached over Apple’s practice of “throttling” processor power in older iPhones.
