Oliver Bateman Does the Work: The Work of Class Action Litigation

Ted Frank joined the podcast “Oliver Bateman Does the Work” to discuss HLLI’s history of objecting to unfair class-action settlements. Our innovation was recognizing the shape of the system. The lawyers are trying to get paid. The defendant is trying to get out as cheaply as possible. The way you accomplish both is to structure a settlement where the class does not actually get anything, and then, to get it past…

The Persuasion Lab: Almost Every First-Generation State AI Law Has Failed. Here’s the Autopsy.

The Persuasion Lab wrote about our free speech victory in Kohls v. Bonta. Litigation began within minutes of signature — literally. Kohls, represented by the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, filed in the Eastern District of California the same day; X Corp., The Babylon Bee, and Rumble followed, and the cases were consolidated as Kohls v. Bonta, No. 2:24-cv-02527-JAM-CKD (E.D. Cal.) [8][9]. The rulings were a rout for the state. Senior Judge John…

Just the News: Minnesota ban on election ‘deepfakes’ doesn’t exempt parody, groups ask appeals court to clarify

Just the News covered our case, Kohls v. Ellison , in which we filed a lawsuit on behalf of X and YouTube star Mr Reagan and Rep. Mary Franson of Minnesota House District 12B, challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota’s law, “Use of Deep Fake Technology to Influence and Election,” which bans sharing AI-generated content intended to influence elections. 

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