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PLF demands that government consider the costs of its regulations According to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, a government agency that issues a regulation must prepare a report that describes the rule's economic impacts on small businesses and the steps the agency took to minimize those impacts. In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service desig ...

Happiness is a burger on a warm bun, a cold draft beer and freedom of speech Courts shouldn't look the other way when federal agencies seize power Congress never gave them Common sense prevails in Regulatory Flexibility Act case California agency's "sky-is-falling" argument unsupported by the facts On the road to the Supreme Court ...

On Friday, our clients, the California Cattlemen's Association, the California Wool Growers Association, and the California Farm Bureau Federation, asked a federal judge to find that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to follow the law when it designated 1.8 million acres as critical habitat for the Yellow-Legged Frog and the Yosemite Toad. ...

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 ...