This week I sat down with FreedomWorks to talk about the egregious violation of economic liberty that is occupational licensing. … ...
It’s a good day for economic liberty. Governor Justice has signed SB 174—or as Arty Vogt calls it, “Stephanie’s law,”—which repeals West Virginia’s Competitor’s Veto statute. PLF represented Arty in a lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s licensing scheme for movers, which allowed existing busin ...
This morning the West Virginia legislature passed a bill repealing their Certificate of Need law, also known as a “Competitor’s Veto” law. Formerly, anybody who wanted to start a moving business there essentially had to ask their competitors for permission first. When a budding entrepreneur applied for authority to operate a m ...
The Washington Post has published my op-ed regarding our newest Competitor’s Veto lawsuit on behalf of entrepreneur Arty Vogt. As you may remember, Arty owns a moving company based in Virginia, just miles from the West Virginia border. Arty started working for the business after graduating from college, and eventually, he and his wife Stefani ...