Wavehuggers LLC and Helina Beck v. Armando Quintero

Surf instructor fights California’s monopoly on beach lessons

Helina Beck filed a federal lawsuit challenging that the state cannot grant exclusive teaching privileges to favored businesses while denying others the right to earn a living through constitutionally protected instruction on beaches that belong to all Californians.

Marcy Markes v. Andrew Bailey, et al.

Missouri forces nurse practitioners to buy permission to work—from doctors

Marcy Markes is fighting to strike down a Missouri CPA law so that she, as well as her fellow and future nurse practitioners, can practice to the full extent of their qualifications and experience without government-mandated physician middlemen.

Maack v. Reynolds

Rideshare driver pumps the brakes on California’s interstate discrimination

Ted Maack has filed a federal lawsuit challenging that the driver’s license requirement violates the Interstate Commerce Clause by creating protectionist barriers that favor California residents at the expense of out-of-state workers.

Dr. Sean Wells, et al. v. Kennedy, et al.

Physical therapists defend their livelihoods and the patients Medicare won’t let them treat

Dr. Wells and UPTA are fighting back. Their federal lawsuit challenges Medicare’s discriminatory ban on private-pay physical therapy to protect their livelihoods and broaden Americans’ access to providers who best fit their needs—not the government’s.

Californians for Equal Rights v. UC San Diego, et al.

UC San Diego conspires to racially discriminate, deny scholarship opportunities through so-called “private” scholarship scheme

CFER and Kai Peters are fighting back with a federal challenge to restore equal treatment and educational opportunity for all students, regardless of race.

Boston Parent Coalition II

Parents fight discrimination-by-proxy at Boston’s elite public schools

Boston Parents are again fighting back with a federal lawsuit, armed this time with evidence of disparate impact and signals of an appetite among Supreme Court justices to decide the fate of government-sponsored discrimination-by-proxy once and for all.

Annette Hubbell v. Acosta

Historian, author, and actor fights to tell stories of historical women, regardless of their race

Annette Hubbell is fighting back with a federal lawsuit to restore equal opportunity for everyone to participate in the arts, regardless of race or any other characteristics they cannot control. 

The Obscure Distillery v. Lily M. Fan

Fighting New York’s unfair restrictions on out-of-state distilleries

Théron and The Obscure Distillery are fighting back with a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s discriminatory treatment of out-of-state distilleries. 

Dr. Kent Wildern v. Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

Michigan’s forced implicit bias training imposes divisive ideological requirements for healthcare providers

Dr. Wildern is suing in state courts to put LARA back in its proper constitutional lane and protect Michiganders’ right to work without unreasonable ideological training requirements.