Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater St. Louis v. Funko, Inc.
By Glenn Lammi
WLF urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a ruling that misapplied a federal safe harbor from private securities litigation.
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Massachusetts v. Meta
By Glenn Lammi
On April 10, 2026, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court decision allowing the Commonwealth’s consumer-protection and tort case against Meta to proceed. The lower court had determined that Instagram’s high use by young people sufficed to allow the case to go forward—including under a theory that Instagram was a “public nuisance.” The … Continued
McKee Foods v. BFP Inc.
By Glenn Lammi
The Sixth Circuit, adopting an argument WLF made in its amicus brief, affirmed that the federal ERISA law preempts a state law that regulates employer-sponsored health plans.
Perkins Coie v. U.S. Department of Justice
By Glenn Lammi
On April 2, 2026, WLF urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a series of lower court decisions that enjoined executive orders targeting private law firms. WLF’s brief explained that the President’s orders impermissibly disrupt the market for sophisticated legal services and violate the First Amendment.
In re Proposed Arkansas Evidence Rule Amendments
By Glenn Lammi
On March 31, 2026, WLF joined leading civil-justice and defense-bar groups on a formal comment supporting the Arkansas Supreme Court’s proposed new Rule 412 of the Rules of Evidence. The rule implements the General Assembly’s 2025 phantom-damages legislation by limiting evidence of the reasonable value of past medical care to the amounts actually paid (regardless … Continued
In re Proposed Arkansas Discovery Rule Amendments
By Glenn Lammi
On March 31, 2026, WLF joined leading civil-justice and defense-bar groups on a formal comment urging the Arkansas Supreme Court to harmonize the State’s civil rules with 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including the federal proportionality approach. The comment urges the Court to go further by adding explicit authority for courts … Continued
Barry v. DePuy Synthes
By Glenn Lammi
WLF urges the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to rehear and correct a decision that reversed exclusion of junk science from a patent infringement trial.
Bounthon v. The Procter & Gamble Co.
By Glenn Lammi
On March 23, 2026, WLF urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower court’s dismissal of a speculative class action complaint against Procter & Gamble. As WLF’s brief explains, P&G’s commercial advocacy is truthful, non-misleading, and robustly protected by the First Amendment. Allowing discovery and trial to proceed based on threadbare allegations would pose constitutional … Continued
Painters Fund v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
By Glenn Lammi
On March 23, 2026, the Supreme Court declined to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that affirmed certification of a class containing many uninjured members. The denial was a setback for WLF, which has long maintained that allowing federal courts to certify classes that include members without concrete Article III injuries enlarges judicial and congressional power … Continued
Burgess v. Whang
By Glenn Lammi
On March 20, 2026, the Fifth Circuit declined to revisit a panel’s ruling that federal courts lack jurisdiction to enjoin FDIC enforcement actions under 12 U.S.C. § 1818(i)(1). The decision was a disappointment for WLF, whose amicus brief contended that the panel’s broad interpretation of the statute’s exhaustion scheme improperly delays review of agencies’ constitutional … Continued