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HLLI co-founder Ted Frank joined John Solomon on "John Solomon Reports" to discuss the group’s recent free-speech victory in Kohls v. Bonta.
HLLI co-founder Ted Frank joined John Solomon on "John Solomon Reports" to discuss the group’s recent free-speech victory in Kohls v. Bonta.
On Friday, August 29, The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) secured a major First Amendment victory when a federal court permanently struck down a second California law that barred the sharing of political satire created with Al technology.
Just the News wrote about our recent win in Kohls v. Bonta, when a federal court permanently enjoined with respect to Christopher Kohls, also known as popular You Tube star, "Mr Reagan", and other plaintiffs, a California law that barred the sharing of political satire created with AI technology.
The Volokh Conspiracy covered HLLI's recent victory in Kohls v. Bonta, in which a federal court permanently struck down a California law that barred the sharing of political satire created with AI technology.
Today, HLLI appealed from a August 7 district court order dismissing its class action complaint. “We are confident in our chances on appeal,” said Ted Frank, HLLI’s Director of Litigation.
The Washington Free Beacon covered the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute's case, Faoro v. Jewish Voice for Peace Inc., et al. in which an attorney representing one of the anti-Israel activists cited fictitious case law, suggesting the document was written by an AI chatbot like ChatGPT.
Reuters wrote about HLLI's objection in Corrente v. Schwab, a class action settlement that awards $8.25 million in attorney fees to the plaintiffs' lawyers but no money to the class.
HLLI director Theodore H. Frank objects to a settlement that provides nearly $9 million to plaintiffs' attorneys, but only hypothetical future injunctive relief.
HLLI objects to a settlement that would pay class counsel $29.4 million, 31% of a $95 million total settlement fund, well above the standard 25% benchmark, and well above the 15-25% percent typical in settlements of similar size.
Washington D.C. — On Tuesday, July 1, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute won an appeal in Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., which vacated final approval of a lopsided settlement that earmarked more money for attorneys than the class. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded to the district court. The court agreed with our appeal in holding that the district court “erred when it applied Rule 23(e)…