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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

Press Releases
August 3, 2026

WLF Urges Seventh Circuit to Keep American Law from Reaching Overseas Harms

Xu v. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

WLF urged the Seventh Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a civil complaint filed by a Chinese citizen, living in China, sourced to harms he experienced in a Chinese prison because the law under which he sues does not allow such civil actions.

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WLF Legal Pulse
August 3, 2026

Unintended Consequences?: Suncor Energy, Federal Common Law, and a Return to the “General Law” Past

The legitimacy of federal common law, and its viability not just for environmental regulation, but other areas such as labor regulation, are at stake in the "Suncor Energy" case in which the Court will hear arguments this fall.

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Press Releases
August 3, 2026

WLF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Department of Labor’s In-House Adjudications

Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, LLC

WLF urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower-court decision rejecting the Department of Labor’s in-house adjudication of disputed monetary penalties arising under the H-2A guest-worker program.

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WLF Month in Review
August 3, 2026

July 2026 Month in Review

7 amicus filings – 3 regulatory comments – 13 publications – 3 op-eds – 1 program

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Press Releases
July 31, 2026

In WLF Victory, Sixth Circuit Agrees to Reconsider Case That Gutted the Congressional Review Act

Ohio Telecom Ass’n v. FCC

In a victory for WLF, the Sixth Circuit agreed to en banc review of a panel decision holding that a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule did not run afoul of the Congressional Review Act.

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Press Releases
July 31, 2026

WLF Urges FTC to Withdraw Unconstitutional “Ideological Bias” Proposal

In re Suppression of Accuracy in Artificial Intelligence Systems

WLF urged the Federal Trade Commission to withdraw a proposed policy statement contending that AI systems with “undisclosed ideological objectives” violate a federal law barring unfair or deceptive business practices.

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WLF Legal Pulse
July 30, 2026

Guidance for Thee, But Not for Me: The FDA’s Bait-and-Switch in Franco v. Chobani

The Seventh Circuit wrongly endorsed FDA's litigation-driven reversal of a publicly vetted food-labeling policy decision when it rejected a yogurt maker's preemption defense in a class action.

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