VIDEO: John Stossel on “The Truth About Class Action Lawsuits”
John Stossel featured the Google Location History settlement as an example of class action abuse and interviewed HLLI attorney Anna St. John.
Reuters: Legal Fee Tracker: Lawyers’ $170 million payday in limbo in credit card swipe fee case
Reuters covered a federal judge rejecting a proposed settlement that would award $170 million in attorneys fees, quoting HLLI's Ted Frank.
Washington Examiner: Lawyers and Big Tech spend your money on left-wing causes
The Washington Examiner featured our president, Anna St. John's piece about how cy pres funds the radical left.
City Journal : A Judiciary, Not a Legislature
HLLI founder Ted Frank authored a City Journal piece about activist plaintiffs using "nuisance lawsuits" to create environmental regulations.
The American Spectator: Supreme Court Should Reexamine New York Times v. Sullivan
HLLI's president, Anna St. John wrote an opinion article in the American Spectator arguing that the ‘Sullivan’ precedent, has no basis in the history of the First Amendment, and recent events illustrate why the Court should heed calls to reexamine its misguided precedent.
AUDIO: Ted Frank Discusses Taking Action Against Traffic-Blocking Activists
Director of Litigation Ted Frank appeared on the Jason Rantz Show to discuss a potential legal action against organized activists blocking major highways like Seattle’s I-5, Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, and New York’s Holland Tunnel.
Brian T. Fitzpatrick & Ted Frank: Should Conservatives Embrace the Current Class Action System?
Ted Frank appears on the Future of Freedom podcast to rebut Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick's contention that conservatives should prefer class actions to government regulation.
WSJ op-ed: Class-Action Lawyers Play Quota Games
Adam Schulman: If counsel assigns work, or courts appoint attorneys, on the basis of anything other than merit, it violates the duty to pursue class members’ interests.
Ted Frank: A Rhode Island case illustrates the folly of tackling climate change in the courts.
Ted Frank: This case doesn’t belong in the courts. Newport County Superior Court is unlikely to arrive at the optimal policy that balances the need for fossil fuels in the economy with an attempt to reduce global carbon emissions.
WSJ op-ed: Justice Jackson’s Incredible Statistic
Ted Frank: Jackson’s dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim.