Bride-to-be Sues the District of Columbia to End Ban on Wedding Dancing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (May 9, 2021) – Monday morning, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, in a joint effort with the Liberty Justice Center, filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Washington DC bride-to-be, Margaret Appleby, challenging DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s recent executive order banning wedding dancing. In the 1984 Kevin Bacon classic, Footloose, a puritanical minister played by John Lithgow persuaded the town counsel of fictional Bomont to ban…

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May 10, 2021
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Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute Files Objection to Excessive $202 Million Fee Request in Flint Water Crisis Settlement on Behalf of Group of Flint Residents

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.

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March 30, 2021
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VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH! – Pennsylvania ends its challenge to injunction of rule stifling attorney speech

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.

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March 16, 2021
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Federal Court Enjoins Pennsylvania Rule Disciplining Attorney Speech

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…

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December 8, 2020
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Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute announces departure of president to serve as Utah Solicitor General and names new president

Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) announced today the departure of president & general counsel Melissa A. Holyoak, who is leaving to serve as Utah Solicitor General. Holyoak co-founded HLLI with Theodore H. Frank in 2019. HLLI also announced that Anna St. John will serve as its next president.

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September 9, 2020
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SCOTUS Punts in Cy Pres Case

“This decision simply delays the day of reckoning for this unfair practice,” said Ted Frank, Director of Litigation and Senior Attorney at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.

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March 20, 2019
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Announcing Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute

In January 2019, CCAF will become part of the new Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, a free-market nonprofit public-interest law firm created by CEI/CCAF litigators Ted Frank and Melissa Holyoak.

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December 17, 2018
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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Unfair Class Action Settlement that Gives Millions to Attorneys, Zero Dollars to Class Members

Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging an unfair class action settlement in which lawyers and their hand-picked universities and pet causes got millions while class members got nothing.

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October 31, 2018
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Q&A on Frank v. Gaos, Class Action Lawsuit Headed to Supreme Court

The who, what, why, and how of CCAF's Supreme Court argument.

Q&A on <em>Frank v. Gaos</em>, Class Action Lawsuit Headed to Supreme Court

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October 30, 2018
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CCAF Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit’s EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard

Today the Center for Class Action Fairness filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this month underscores the need for its proposed standard governing cy pres settlements in class action suits when the court decides Frank v. Gaos. “EasySaver is a disturbing example of how the Ninth Circuit’s lenient approach to cy pres in class action settlements creates an incentive for class attorneys to favor sending money to their preferred…

CCAF Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit’s EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed <em>Cy Pres</em> Standard

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October 23, 2018
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