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.
Ted Frank: Jackson’s dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim.
Melissa Holyoak, co-founder of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, has been nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
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.”
esterday, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed its reply brief with the Ninth Circuit in its appeal on behalf of Doctors Michael Couris and Michael Fitzgibbons challenging a new California state law, AB 2098.
HLLI's Anna St. John and Ned Hedley write at The Federalist Society: The plaintiffs challenging the ESG Rule argue that it is contrary to the ERISA statute, exceeds the DOL’s authority, and is arbitrary and capricious. Utah v. Walsh also presents separation of powers questions.
Today, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute asked a federal court to stop the Department of Labor from enforcing its revised Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights regulation.
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.”
Law360's covers the conclusion of the Stericycle litigation, where HLLI represented an objector who successfully won vacatur of an excessive $11.25 million fee award in the Seventh Circuit.
SCOTUSblog's Kalvis Golde highlighted the pair of cert petitions filed by HLLI in St. John v. Jones and Yeatman v. Hyland.
