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I'll be speaking tomorrow at 5:15pm at San Jose State University as part of the David Saurman Provocative Lecture Series. My talk will focus on the right to earn a living--and some of the startling details we learned during our lawsuit against Missouri's Certificate of Need law. The public is welcome, and you can learn more here. ...

The Missouri Department of Transportation issued its annual report in January, which among other things talks about how long it takes to get a license to operate a moving company. You can compare it to last year's report. Now, remember that we sued the state to challenge the constitutionality of its mover licensing law, and in August of last year, ...

This afternoon, in the final hours of the legislative session, Missouri lawmakers passed two bills, SB 470 and HB 1402, both of which repeal the state's anti-competitive laws regulating moving companies. This came in direct response to PLF's lawsuit challenging these laws on behalf of St. Louis businessman Michael Munie. The bills would eliminat ...

Even while PLF challenges the constitutionality of Missouri's anti-competitive licensing law for movers, the state is considering adopting still more restrictions on the right to earn a living. ...

Today we filed this motion in the case of St. Louis entrepreneur Michael Munie, asking the court to strike down a Missouri state law that essentially forbids anyone from going into the moving business without first getting permission from the existing moving companies. To be more precise, it's illegal to run a moving company without getting a stat ...