Nebraska court greenlights challenge to one-size-fits-all disability care mandate
When a Nebraska agency tried to force every disability care provider in the state to use a single, costly training program, a company called Integrated Life Choices refused to let it go unchallenged. On Wednesday, their principled stand won validation from the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, which denied the State's motion to dismissâ ...
Court lets surf school’s First Amendment challenge ride
Helina Beck has been trying to teach surf lessons on California's public beaches for years. On Tuesday, a federal court said her fight can continue, denying California's motion to dismiss her case and handing her a meaningful early victory in a fight over who gets to teach on shorelines that belong to all Californians. The ruling, issued Februar ...
Ohio entrepreneur seeks Supreme Court ruling on right to share information
When Mike Yoder started flying drones, he wasn't trying to make a statement. He was trying to solve a problem common among hunters in his area: Game sometimes runs off after being shot, and hunters have a hard time locating it. Using drones equipped with thermal imaging technology, Mike's company, Drone Deer Recovery, helps hunters locate downed ...
What Joe Rogan’s hemp conversation reveals about Washington picking winners
On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Sen. Rand Paul surprised listeners (and the host) by explaining why some marijuana businesses have sided with the alcohol and pharmaceutical industries in lobbying Congress to crack down on hemp products. The reason isn't public safety. It's competition. Hemp and marijuana are variants of the s ...
Alaska breweries win First Amendment challenge
When Jessie Janes opened Alaska's first hard kombucha brewery, he imagined more than just a tasting room. He envisioned a community space where Alaskans and tourists alike could gather for live entertainment, games, conversation, and locally made drinks. Jessie opened Zip Kombucha in the heart of Anchorage after 12 years in the U.S. Army, a proj ...
A win in Montana Supreme Court for the right to earn a living
In Kalispell, Montana, Parker Noland thought he was doing what young entrepreneurs are supposed to do: spot a problem, build a solution, and get to work. After a medical discharge brought Parker back home from the Army, he set his sights on starting a small debris-hauling business targeting underserved construction sites around Flathead County. ...
Ninth Circuit rejects campus censorship after PLF amicus brief
In January 2022, longtime computer science professor at the University of Washington, Stuart Reges, posted his course syllabus. Buried among the usual course policies was a parody of the university's recommended "land acknowledgment"—a statement recognizing that the campus sits on land once inhabited by Indigenous tribes—in which Reges question ...
PLF files amicus brief against Louisiana’s attempt to take private land for profit
In 2024, the Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District—a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana—launched a troubling campaign against a property owner by attempting to seize private land on the cheap via eminent domain, lease it to a private company, and pocket the profit. On December 5, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicu ...
Following PLF’s Discrimination Suit, Pritzker Signs Bill Ending Illinois’ Race-Exclusive Scholarship
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed legislation rewriting the state's scholarship rules—and abruptly ending a decades-old race-exclusive program. The change will moot a lawsuit led by a student member of the American Alliance for Equal Rights and represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation at no cost. The law, House Bill 3065, which took ...