Moore Money: Ted Frank | 09-20-25
Our co-founder and director of litigation, Ted Frank, appeared on “Moore Money” with Stephen Moore to discuss HLLI’s work fighting class-action abuse.
Watch Ted Frank Argue Appeal in Google Location History
Ted Frank argued before the Ninth Circuit in In re Google Location History Litigation concerning a settlement that diverts all money to third-parties.
New York Post: Class-action lawsuit or consumer scam? $62M Google payout the latest outrage
New York Post wrote about cy pres and our lawsuit, In re Google Location History Litigation.
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.
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.
Local News Matters Bay Area: $43 million Google data privacy class action settlement to go to nonprofit organizations
Local News Matters Bay Area reported on HLLI's objection to In re Google Location History Litigation. He [Ted Frank] argued that judges shouldn’t be diverting money from class members to third parties. He said that under the settlement, class members were giving up their individual claims to fund organizations they had no connection to. The absurdity of that structure, he argued, was that a class member who “opted out” — that…
Reuters: Google privacy deal yields $18 mln for lawyers, no funds for consumers
Reuters covers approval of the Google Location History settlement—which provides $0 to class members, over HLLI's objection. “We will appeal as far as needed to get the money to the class.”
The Register: Google location tracking deal could be derailed by politics
The Register covered the objection to the Google Location History settlement filed by the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
In re Google Location History Litigation
HLLI represents objectors challenging a cy pres settlement that pays $0 to the class but $62 million for attorneys' fees and to third-party organizations, many of which have pre-existing relationships with Google or the attorneys.
