In re Novo Nordisk Sec. Litig.
HLLI represented an objector challenging the fairness of a class action settlement that pays a third of the $100 million gross settlement fund to attorneys, instead of the customary 25%.
Hesse v. Godiva Chocolatier
HLLI successfully represented a chocolate consumer who objected to a largely-illusory settlement involving Godiva Chocolatier. The settlement would have paid class members like Lehrer conditionally at most $7 million. In contrast, plaintiffs' attorneys negotiated a fixed $5 million fund earmarked for their own fees.
In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security
Theodore H. Frank filed an objection to a class action settlement over a data breach of Wawa customer data, which would pay attorneys more than the class members they represent.
Gupta v. Bonta
Raj Gupta challenges a new California law that would curtail free speech around virtually every clinic, hospital, and pharmacy in the state.
Williams v. Reckitt Benckiser LLC
Theodore H. Frank objects to a class action settlement involving Neuriva-branded nutritional supplements that will pay class members perhaps one third of the $2.9 million fee request that plaintiffs’ counsel seek for themselves.
Appleby v. Bowser
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.
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Fruitstone v. Spartan Race, Inc.
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.
In re Flint Water Cases
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…
St. John v. Jones, et al.
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.
In re: Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation
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.
