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Who We Are

WLF is a national public-interest law firm and legal policy center. Our mission is to defend American free enterprise by litigating, educating, and advocating for a free market, a limited and accountable government, individual and business civil liberties, and the rule of law.

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What We Do

WLF’s vital work to uphold the legal principles that support our free enterprise system are categorized into:

  1. Combating Litigation Abuse
  2. Defending the Rule of Law
  3. Opposing Overregulation
  4. Protecting Economic Liberties

Litigation

Litigation is the backbone of WLF’s public-interest efforts. WLF litigates before state and federal courts and agencies nationwide. WLF’s litigation team takes a multi-faceted approach to protect and uphold the legal principles that support our free-enterprise system.

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Legal Studies

Successfully advocating for a legal and regulatory environment that fosters free enterprise requires the timely dissemination and steady reinforcement of compelling arguments and ideas to those lawyers and jurists who shape the law.

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The Latest

WLF Legal Pulse
April 28, 2026

Don’t Silence Patients: Protect Transparency, Free Speech and Patient Outcomes

FDA chills valuable health information by its attacks on consumer-directed drug advertising and threatens patients' right to receive that information.

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Press Releases
April 27, 2026

Ninth Circuit Agrees to Review District Court’s Attempt to Extend California Antitrust Law Nationwide

In re Juul Labs, Inc. Antitrust Litigation

With WLF's support, the 9th Circuit granted an antitrust defendant's request for immediate appeal of a class-certification order that imposes California law nationally.

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WLF Legal Pulse
April 27, 2026

A Surprising Reason Self-Funded Health-Plan Costs Are Increasing

Self-funded health plans must beware of increased success by out-of-network providers leveraging a 2022 law and related dispute resolution to obtain overpayments for medical procedures.

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Press Releases
April 27, 2026

WLF Lauds New Independent Contractor Rules Grounded in “Economic Reality”

In re Employee or Independent Contractor Status

WLF urges the Department of Labor to adopt its proposed new regulations on independent contractor status.

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United States v. Heppner: Use of Generative AI Can Waive Privileges

Practitioners and clients must be mindful of the offensive and defensive implications of a court's holding that uploading a legal strategy memo to an AI voids the document's privilege protection.

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Legal Backgrounders
April 27, 2026

Video Privacy Law Litigation: The Best Reading of “Personally Identifiable Information”

Of the four federal circuits that have ruled on what "personally identifiable information" means in a federal video rental privacy law, the three applying a narrower "ordinary person standard" have the best approach.

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WLF Legal Pulse
April 24, 2026

Loper Bright Didn’t Nuke Preemption Law—And Pretending It Did Would Torch American Agriculture

The plaintiff's novel invocation of Loper Bright should not distract SCOTUS from the clear path toward finding for federal preemption in Monsanto v. Durnell.

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