Eleventh Circuit: Objector Ted Frank Has Standing, but Class Reps Don’t

Amanda Bronstad: In Wednesday’s decision, the Eleventh Circuit instructed that the district judge should “consider the points raised by Frank in this appeal” when reevaluating the settlement’s approval, including “whether the proposed attorneys’ fees are disproportionately large compared to the amount of relief reasonably expected to be provided to the class.”

HLLI Files Emergency Appeal with Ninth Circuit to Enjoin AB 2098

Yesterday, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed its opening brief with the Ninth Circuit in its suit by Doctors Michael Couris and Michael Fitzgibbons challenging a new California state law, AB 2098, that restricts doctors’ First Amendment free speech rights by threatening disciplinary action for discussing with patients anything about COVID-19 that the State views as “misinformation.” 

Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute Challenges ESG Rules that Undermine Investor Protections

On Thursday, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed suit challenging the Department of Labor’s revised Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights regulation. HLLI joins 25 states, Western Energy Alliance, and Liberty Energy, Inc., in challenging the new rule as contrary to the ERISA statute and an arbitrary and capricious exercise of the Department’s regulatory authority.

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