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CFPB v. Townstone Financial

HLLI’s Seventh Circuit amicus brief asserts that CFPB’s application of Regulation B and ECOA violates the First Amendment because it stifles free expression and facilitates viewpoint discrimination. The complaint below represents an effort by CFPB to strong-arm “inclusive” social policy rather than root out invidious discrimination, which was Congress’s intent when it passed ECOA.

<em>CFPB v. Townstone Financial</em>
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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
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