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Author: Timothy Sandefur I’m visiting the Pacific Northwest this week, for talks in Portland (yesterday) and Seattle (today) about the right to earn a living. Thanks to our colleagues at the Cascade Policy Institute and the Executive Club for setting up a very successful and exciting event last night. On Tuesday, I talked briefly with La ...

Author:  Damien M. Schiff The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has voted to revamp significantly its state listing program.  The most important changes appear to be that all federally listed species will also be protected under the state law, and all species currently protected by the state will be deemed "threaten ...

Author: Timothy Sandefur The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a state law that bars gas stations from charging low prices. What’s wrong with low prices? Why, they discourage competition, donchyano. If that seems bizarre to you, welcome to the world of antitrust law, a twilight zone where nothing means everything and the exact &# ...

Author: Timothy Sandefur Our friends at the Cascade Policy Institute have posted a brief interview with me about the right to earn a living and PLF's Economic Liberty Project: … ...

Author: Joshua Thompson I came upon this case out of the Seventh Circuit today, where a nursing home worker was prevented from treating certain patients.  The patients, it seems, didn’t want to be treated by her because she was black.  The case deals with Title VII and private discrimination, and while PLF has done a couple … ...

Author:  Luke A. Wake As Hurricane Earl ascends upon the east coast, a perfect storm of litigation is ascending upon the Supreme Court. The storm began five years ago when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, flooding the city and causing tremendous damage to many people's property. In the aftermath of that storm, environment ...

Author: Reed Hopper Ever wonder how those massive logging restrictions in the Pacific Northwest panned out for the endangered spotted owl?  Political AP has an interesting article that answers that question:  After 20 Years of Protection, Owls are Declining but Forests Remain.  "Nothing we do seems to work for the spotted owl ...

Author: Joshua Thompson As you may recall, as a result of PLF's lawsuit, the University of California President recently nominated five new members to the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), an independent scientific body that advises the California Air Resources Board.  Previous members of the SRP had served significantly longer than th ...

Author: Brandon Middleton Two months ago, I blogged about Strahan v. Holmes, the First Circuit case in which Richard Max Strahan is seeking to prevent Daniel Holmes from pursuing his livelihood as a commercial lobster fisherman.  This story began in 2006, when Holmes' fishing gear (which was known to be "whale safe" and complied ...