The FTC's perspective on patent-application acquisition expressed in a private antitrust lawsuit is novel, difficult to reconcile with federal law, and threatens to chill innovation.

WLF joined a coalition of concerned amici in urging a federal trial court in California to fully enjoin enforcement of AB 288, a state law that injects California bureaucrats into private-sector labor disputes.

Resolving a split among its federal district courts, the 7th Circuit held that a company does not "possess" or "collect" biometric data under Illinois law by supplying software that processes such data on a user's device.

The 11th Circuit properly applied a broad reading of a federal statute that allows government contractors to seek removal of lawsuits to federal court.

HIGHLIGHTS: 11 briefs filed - 4 victories - 7 publications

WLF urged the Eighth Circuit to affirm the district court’s dismissal of an ERISA class action in which the plan participants failed to prove a concrete harm.

WLF supported a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that dramatically expands environmental damages.