Movie Productions v. National Labor Relations Board
NLRB’s in-house tribunal undermines fairness and rule of law
Labor disputes should be treated like any other legal dispute, not in an agency tribunal where the normal fixed rules of due process are not guaranteed. PLF is representing Producer David Wulf free of charge in a federal lawsuit challenging the NLRB's decision and its sham court that stripped his right to a fair trial. ...
theDove, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Nonprofit radio station owner fights FCC’s public shaming rule
Perry is fighting back with a federal lawsuit challenging the FCC's race-and-sex-reporting rule to help restore the separation of powers in government and protect the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws. ...
Ro Cher Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA
EPA’s in-house tribunal undermines fairness and political accountability
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 stretch ...
Jake’s Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Family fireworks business sparks legal battle to open federal courts for regulatory challenges
Agencies' bullying people into action through informal threats are unfortunately all-too-common due process failures within government agencies. They're also unconstitutional. A unanimous Supreme Court said in PLF's wins in Sackett I and again in Hawkes that government agencies can't issue determinations that spell out punishment and then claim suc ...
Leachco, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Small family business battles arbitrary prosecution for baby pillow
Jamie Leach is a self-described "Innovationer™" who, after a close call with her seven-month-old son, leveraged her experience as a registered nurse and mom to start Leachco, Inc., a small, family-owned business based in Ada, Oklahoma, that's determined to make the world safer for babies. ...
CFPB v. Townstone
Small lending firm fights the CFPB’s illegal power grab and racial equity agenda
Barry Sturner is a long-time Chicagoan who loves the Windy City and wants to see it thrive. He sees the work of his small mortgage brokerage, Townstone Financial, Inc., as lifting up both the city and its residents through home ownership.The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) views Barry and his business in a much more troubling ma ...
Federal Trade Commission v. Elite IT Partners
Federal Trade Commission ignores Congress and the Supreme Court to extort unfair, unlawful settlements
Three firms are fighting back against the FTC's unchecked power grab to vindicate their right to meaningfully defend themselves in court, hold a powerful federal agency accountable to the rule of law, and restore the proper limits of FTC authority as established by Congress. ...
Stephanie Heigel-Tibbitts v. California Coastal Commission
Couple fights unlawful Coastal Commission limbo to build wheelchair-friendly home
PLF has challenged CCC actions for decades and has several lawsuits in progress, and with PLF's help, the Tibbittses fought back. Here, PLF filed a lawsuit and asked the state court simply to force the CCC to hold a hearing to make a decision on the permit. Just prompting a hearing will set a precedent for coastal property owners to defend their du ...
TWISM Enterprises, LLC v. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
Supreme Court of Ohio rules that judges are not required to defer to agency interpretations of statute.
An estimated 45% of small businesses don't make it past five years. Shawn Alexander's passion to run his own engineering firm outweighed any concerns over those odds, and in 2016, he started TWISM Enterprises, LLC, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two years after launching his business, the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyor ...