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Weekly litigation report — August 18, 2018

August 18, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

Opening day for SCOTUS nears as PLF readies to throw first pitch This week Pacific Legal Foundation filed its Reply Brief in Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a case that arises from the Fifth Circuit and involves our client Edward Poitevent’s property in the deep woods of Louisiana. The Supreme Court of the … ...

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Weekly litigation update — August 4, 2018

August 04, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

Seattle asks courts to clear the way for unlawful taxes Late last year, a King County, Washington, trial court ruled in Kunath v. City of Seattle (formerly Shock v. City of Seattle), that Seattle’s attempt to levy an income tax on so called “high-earners” was plainly unlawful. In what the local press has called a … ...

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Weekly litigation report — June 16, 2018

June 16, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

Victory for the First Amendment! Challenging Florida’s Tone Deaf Hearing Aid Bureaucrats Supreme Court Splits on Salmon Santa Barbara Association of Realtors v. City of Santa Barbara Victory for the First Amendment! Political speech is the most protected type of speech in the country – including in the most restricted space in American civi ...

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Why does Florida require people to use outdated hearing aid technology?

June 08, 2018 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Technology has made leaps and bounds since the original hearing aid—aka the ear trumpet—came onto the market.  Nowadays, state-of-the-art hearing aids are sophisticated enough to allow users to fit and tune the devices themselves using iPhones, tablets, or home computers.  In theory, hearing aids should more accessible than ever; one ...

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Weekly litigation report — April 21, 2018

April 21, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

Florida turns a deaf ear to economic liberty Today we filed this complaint in Taylor v. Pohill, which challenges Florida’s outdated licensing requirements for sellers of hearing aids.  Our client, Dan Taylor, gave up his license after 30 years, because the state’s regulations were made for older models, not the updated, technologically ...