HLLI petitioned a federal appeals court to recognize a high school student's off-campus social media post as protected speech under the First Amendment, challenging the school district’s disciplinary actions.
HLLI filed an appeal over a school district's unconstitutional punishment of a high school student for his social media post.
Docket number: No. 24-38 On August 12, 2024, HLLI filed a brief of amici curiae on behalf of 35 athletic officials and coaches for female athletes in support of petitioners in Little v. Hecox, who are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enjoining an Idaho law that protecting women's sports by limiting participation to biological women. HLLI’s brief explains…
HLLI filed a joint comment letter on behalf of Scott Alexander of Astral Codex Ten, Maxim Lott, the operator of ElectionBettingOdds.com, and Theodore H. Frank against a proposed CFTC rule, which would categorically ban all prediction markets for political elections, equating such markets with “gambling.”
The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute an objector 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.
The Beacon (Kansas City) covered a Missouri judge's decision to temporarily stop a law that forbids Missouri pharmacists from discussing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine with their patients.
Bloomberg Law covered HLLI's work reducing excessive attorneys' fees in the Broiler Chicken antitrust settlement.
June 28, 2024 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C. — On Friday, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) asked a federal court to make permanent its earlier ruling stopping Missouri’s unconstitutional restriction of the speech of Missouri pharmacists. The law at issue, § 338.055.7, RSMo., prevents pharmacists in the state from communicating with physicians or patients to dispute the effectiveness of ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine for human use as a COVID-19 treatment. Representing…
Ignites, a publication from The Financial Times, covered HLLI's amicus brief in Iowa v. SEC.
HLLI filed an amicus brief challenging the SEC’s new regulation requiring publicly traded companies to make climate-related disclosures in securities filings.