Joe Manis is a retired North Carolina business owner who has been involved with Tennessee Walking Horses for more than 50 years. When he sold his modular-home company in May 2022 at age 76, he was finally able to focus on the beloved, elegant walking horses he owns and cares for at his family’s Laurinburg, … ...
Represented free of charge by Pacific Legal Foundation, Fight For Freelancers, Kim, Jen, and Karon are asking a federal court to restore their right to earn an honest living without interference by the DOL’s illegally vague independent contractor rule. … ...
Yesterday, the founders of Fight For Freelancers, a coalition of more than 2,500 freelancers in professions ranging from writing to truck driving, filed a lawsuit challenging a new Department of Labor rule that encourages businesses to classify contractors as employees. … ...
Today, Door & Window Superstore filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency seeking a fair trial in federal court.Ro Cher Enterprises, Inc., founded and owned by Roger and Cheryl Janakus, runs Door & Window Superstore in the Chicago area. For 40 years, the company has sold doors and windows to thousands of happy customers. But ...
Roger and Cheryl Janakus opened their Door & Window Superstore in 1983, selling doors and windows from their Chicago-area retail store and showroom. Under the careful leadership of the husband-wife team, the small business has earned a sterling record and many repeat customers.Nevertheless, the EPA is pursuing the Janakuses with claims that st ...
The Department of Labor proposed an audacious rule that will dictate salary level requirements for 3.4 million employees without any clear authority. The rule would require employers to pay salaried employees at least $55,068 in annual compensation, which is an over 60% increase from the DOL’s current mandate that salaried employees must be p ...
Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it, as the Supreme Court held just two months ago in the Students for Fair Admissions cases striking down race-preferential admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Yet many universities have _ essentially revealed _ they plan to disregard the intent of the ruling and con ...
IPEC is fighting back to rein in the USDA’s overreach so they can build sustainable, eco-friendly power projects and improve their customers’ quality of life. Represented free of charge by PLF, the cooperative and the Alaska Power Association are challenging the USDA’s authority to prohibit construction and maintenance of roads wi ...
PLF clients Tom and Amy Villegas have reason to celebrate after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) backed down from its outrageous claim that the couple violated the Clean Water Act (CWA). An oasis in Nebraska Tom and Amy Villegas love the outdoors. While the couple calls Colorado home, they have a deep connection with the … ...