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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
May 14, 2026

WLF Asks Second Circuit to Rebuke New York City’s Compelled-Speech Regime

DoorDash v. City of New York

“War on terror caselaw doesn’t dictate the outcome when a local government compels speech.”—Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel Click here to read WLF’s brief. (Washington, DC)—Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse a lower court decision that inappropriately relied...

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WLF Legal Pulse
May 14, 2026

Perkins Coie v. DOJ Oral Argument: “There Are Certain Things Even the Unitary Executive Cannot Do.”

WLF's hot take on the oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit on the Trump executive orders issued against a group of private law firms.

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WLF Legal Pulse
May 14, 2026

FinCEN’s New AML Proposal: Modernization or Mission Creep?

Financial services institutions should provide the Treasury Department's FinCEN with public comment on an anti-money laundering proposal that would fundamentally reshape this area of banking law compliance.

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Monographs
May 12, 2026

IARC’s Precautionary Science:  How the WHO Cancer Research Agency Misinforms Regulation and Litigation

The research and reports of an international cancer research agency has become heavily influenced by the precautionary principle, resulting in systematic overstatement of carcinogenic hazards.

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Press Releases
May 7, 2026

WLF Asks Supreme Court to Fix Chaotic Personal Jurisdiction Rules

Samsung v. Peters

WLF asked the Supreme Court to review a Minnesota court's decision to assert jurisdiction over a foreign company for harm caused by misuse of its product.

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Press Releases
May 6, 2026

Eighth Circuit Vacates the FCC’s Controversial Digital Discrimination Rule

Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. FCC

The 8th Circuit, agreeing with a brief joined by WLF, vacated the FCC's controversial digital discrimination rule in a textbook application of Loper Bright.

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WLF Legal Pulse
May 5, 2026

WLF General Counsel Pens Wall Street Journal Op-ed

On Wednesday, May 6, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gilead Tenofovir Cases. WLF has participated as an amicus in the case, filing five separate briefs at both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court levels since 2022. Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed on...

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