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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
June 18, 2026

A Law Too Constitutional to Enforce, Too Doubtful to Defend

The Georgia Supreme Court's refusal to enforce a noneconomic damages limit is an illegitimate and dangerous usurpation of legislative authority.

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Press Releases
June 18, 2026

WLF Urges Supreme Court to Vacate Fifth Circuit Stay Allowing Texas to Enforce App Store Accountability Act

Computer & Communications Industry Ass’n v. Paxton

WLF joined a coalition amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the preliminary injunction against enforcement of Texas’s App Store Accountability Act.

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Legal Backgrounders
June 17, 2026

Fourth Circuit Silences Maryland’s Electricity Greenwashing Ban

Maryland's prohibition on certain terms in ads for renewable energy sales and compelled use of other language violated the First Amendment, a ruling that could have significant influence in other "greenwashing" legal battles.

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WLF Legal Pulse
June 16, 2026

Jury Trials, Back Pay, and Labor Law: How the Supreme Court Could Deal Yet Another Blow to the NLRB

A case the U.S. Supreme Court will consider later this year could severely compromise the NLRB's in-house administrative process and its ability to award back pay.

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Press Releases
June 15, 2026

WLF Asks Supreme Court to Preserve ‘Forfeiture of Forfeiture’ Rule and Appellate Discretion

Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office

WLF urged the Supreme Court to clarify when federal courts can consider affirmative defenses, even if parties fail to timely raise them.

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Press Releases
June 12, 2026

WLF Urges Ninth Circuit to Reverse District Court’s Refusal to Enforce Arbitration Agreement

Investing Plaintiffs v. Equity Trust Company

WLF urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district court order denying arbitration, a decision that nullified the parties' express contractual assents.

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WLF Legal Pulse
June 11, 2026

The “Eddie Murphy Rule” Comes to Event Contracts: DOJ and CFTC Signal Enforcement Push Against Prediction Market Insider Trading

Rather than developing consistent, prescriptive rules for prediction markets, two federal agencies are utilizing civil and criminal tools to police political, economic, and corporate "events contracts."

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