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PLF attorney gives congressional testimony on ESA reform This week, PLF attorney Jonathan Wood testified before the House Natural Resource Committee, urging Congress to improve the Endangered Species Act to reduce unnecessary conflict and provide better incentives to restore habitat and recover species. Based on Jonathan's testimony, Congressman ...

Markle Interests' brief filed with High Court in Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This week we filed our merits brief in the Supreme Court supporting the landowers in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service. Earlier this year, the Court granted review and we expect to hear soon from the Court when oral argu ...

Motion for summary judgment to be filed in Minerva dairy -- the better butter case PLF testifies before Congress on WOTUS   PLF files amicus brief in union free speech case Reply Brief filed in Markle; SCOTUS to consider case on January 5th Petition asks the government to protect homes by holding Coastal Commission accountable for i ...

caption id="attachment_46485" align="alignright" width="300" Ed Poitevent, one of the landowners at the mercy of a frog who doesn't live anywhere near his property, and never will./caption This week, business groups, associations, think tanks, and government entities all filed "friends of the court" amicus briefs supporting PLF in its high-profi ...

PLF asks Supreme Court to protect plaintiffs' right to raise takings claims in federal courts when government steals Complaint filed against Marin County forced farming law Mandatory housing shakedown fees before the Supreme Court Getting union tentacles out of worker paychecks Phantom frogs and critical regulations PLF files app ...

Murr reply brief filed with Supreme Court Comments filed on wetland permitting rules Endangered species -- protecting a frog where it doesn't croak  Challenge to a "competitor's veto" law continues Appeal filed in retaliation case  caption id="" align="alignright" width="336" We're representing the Murrs at the Supreme Court/caption Mu ...

A new economic theory indicates that land use restrictions have worsened wealth inequality. Normally, we shouldn't fret too much over wealth inequality from natural market forces. After all, free exchanges of goods and services between consenting adults are just, even if the resulting distribution is unequal. Moreover, free markets tend to improve ...