This regulation could put every small vape manufacturer in the U.S. out of business by May 12
In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Tobacco Control Act, which put new regulations on all tobacco products sold in the U.S. Then, through bureaucratic sleight of hand, the Food and Drug Administration declared that all vaping products—even though they contain zero tobacco—would be regulated as if they were tobacco products. This regula ...
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Seila Law v. CFPB. At its core, the case deals with the structure of an administrative government agency. But the Court’s decision in Seila Law either will prevent unaccountable government agencies from controlling major aspects of our economy, or will open the door for more bureaucratic &# ...
Abad, et al. v. Bonham, et al.
In 2022, PLF settled and dismissed both cases after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the attorney general revised their interpretation of the state’s Fish and Game Code and agreed to a settlement that would allow Austen Brown and other fishermen to continue their trade, so long as they continue to possess federal permits. &# ...
Burke v. Raimondo, et al.
Swordfish is a very popular seafood and one of the most abundant types of fish on the West Coast. It is also a significant source of income and way of life for many California families. But federal legal changes threatened to wipe out longtime family-owned businesses, as well as the entire domestic swordfish supply. The new rule supposedly aimed to ...
The Connecticut Post: State must end race-based school quotas
Connecticut parents and education reformers recently marked a major victory after the state, facing a legal challenge by Hartford black and Hispanic parents, announced it would at last end its longstanding policy of race-based quotas that penalize marginalized children of color in Hartford’s interdistrict magnet school system. For those of us ...
Fishermen file suit against government attempts to regulate them out of business
Sacramento, California; March 9, 2020: A group of California fishermen has filed two lawsuits challenging recently imposed rules that could take away their livelihoods. Chris Williams has fished the waters off the California coast for years, selling his catch at his family’s market in Ventura. He loves the ocean, has worked to preserve a sust ...
Jurist: States should not adopt a speech code for lawyers
Attorneys litigate on both sides of some of the most contentious issues in the country: affirmative action, rent control, abortion rights, gun rights, you name it. Sometimes the positions attorneys take may be seen as offensive, as those positions may run contrary to more “popular” opinions. But in our adversarial system of justice, fre ...
Ogilvie v. Gordon
To Chris Ogilvie’s military friends, he’s known as OG—a nickname stemming from boot camp. To his friends back home, Chris is known as Woolf. So, upon his honorable discharge following four tours overseas including Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army veteran bought a car and applied for a personalized license plate spelled “OGWOOLF.&# ...
New lawsuit challenges California’s egregious censorship of license plates like “OG” and “QUEER”
San Francisco; March 10, 2020: A lawsuit filed today challenges the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ arbitrary censorship of speech on personalized license plates. After Chris Ogilvie was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army following four tours overseas, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, he bought a new car and applied ...
The Hill: It’s up to the Supreme Court to teach Seattle ‘Free Speech 101’
Imagine a law that required Republicans to contribute to Bernie Sanders’s or Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Or that the Hollywood left must donate to President Trump’s reelection. Would you support such a law? Of course not ― most of us would find such a law to be not only unconstitutional but an affront to one’s R ...