1st Circuit Backs Sanctions Against Lieff Cabraser
Law360 covered the First Circuit's decision upholding sanctions against Class Counsel Firm Lieff Cabraser in the State Street case.
Judge Awards Fees in Flint Water Cases
Kelly House at Bridge Michigan covered the decision awarding fees in the In re: Flint Water Cases case and quotes HLLI attorney Frank Bednarz on the award.
HLLI Submits Letter in Response to Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule Incorporating ESG
HLLI submitted a comment letter asking the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration to withdraw its proposed rule revising 29 CFR § 2550.404a-1, Investment Duties.
D.C. Mayor drops ban on wedding dancing after bride sues
The mayor of Washington D.C. announced today that she is lifting her ban on dancing at weddings. The announcement comes a week after a D.C.-area bride, Margaret Appleby, sued over the ban with the help of attorneys from the Liberty Justice Center and Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
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…
Class actions settlements that never tell the class: the strange resolution of Buckeye Tree Lodge v. Expedia
Instead of asking for the court to send notice to the class members and giving them the opportunity to comment on a proposed settlement that is going to bind them, the class attorneys asked for the court skip that step entirely and simply approve the settlement. And, shockingly, the court did exactly that!
Court delays $1.1 million payment to lawyers until class redeems coupons
Daniel Fisher at Legal Newsline covered the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute's objection to the settlement in Rael v. The Children’s Place, Inc., which resulted in an order delaying attorneys fees until after the coupon redemption rate is known. A federal judge in California approved the settlement of lawsuit against The Children’s Place for allegedly misleading consumers about the value of “sale” items. But U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel in California…
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.
Pennsylvania Bar Dismisses 3rd Circuit Appeal in Rule 8.4(g) Challenge
Josh Blackman of the Volokh Conspiracy at Reason.com congratulated HLLI for its free speech victory in Greenberg v. Haggerty. In December, a federal district court declared unconstitutional Pennsylvania's version of ABA Model Rule 8.4(g). The judge reiterated points that Eugene Volokh and I have been making for years: this rule may be well intentioned, but it violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. In January, the Pennsylvania Bar filed a…
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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