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PLF opposes unconstitutional land grab in New Jersey

March 02, 2017 | By MARK MILLER

caption id="attachment_44683" align="alignright" width="300" Atlantic City sunrise/caption Earlier today, Pacific Legal Foundation filed a friend of the court brief in the appellate courts of New Jersey opposing that state's failed attempt at an unconstitutional land grab in Atlantic City. PLF proudly supports attorney Robert McNamara and the In ...

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Steven Anderson named as new President and CEO of Pacific Legal Foundation

July 07, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Pacific Legal Foundation's Board of Trustees has named Steven Anderson, a leading national advocate for property rights and prominent executive in the freedom-based legal movement, as PLF's new President and CEO.  He will take up the post on September 1. Steven comes to PLF from his current position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financia ...

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Mixed week for liberty in the taxi industry

July 24, 2014 | By JONATHAN WOOD

Congratulations to our friends at the Institute for Justice who, due to a legal victory last year, saw Milwaukee eliminate its cap on the number of taxi licenses available. As Reason reports, this has an incredibly significant impact on the taxi industry. Under the cap, licenses had a nominal cost of $85. But, because so few licenses were available ...

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Cato and IJ file brief supporting PLF's petition in milk price restriction lawsuit

November 21, 2012 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Our friends at the Cato Institute and the Institute for Justice filed this brief today in support of our cert. petition in the case of Hein Hettinga. The brief highlights the major problem with the D.C. Circuit's expansion of the rational basis test: that if allowed to stand, it would present an impenetrable shield against constitutional challenges ...