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ALF Urges Enforcement of Electronic Ticket Arbitration Agreements
Whether the arbitration provisions in the Terms & Conditions accompanying the purchase of electronic tickets are enforceable against all persons who use the tickets to gain admission to sports, entertainment, or other types of events.
Read MoreALF & DRI Urge Supreme Court To Limit Civil RICO's Scope
Question Presented: Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are encompassed by civil RICO.
Read MoreALF Argues That SEC In-House Court Lacks Due Process
ALF Argues That SEC In-House Enforcement Proceedings Deprive Defendants of Due Process — Whether SEC In-House Administrative Enforcement Proceedings are Constitutional?
Read MoreALF Brief Opposes Exclusion of Industry Scientists From Key EPA Advisory Committee
The Atlantic Legal Foundation, which long has advocated for sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit arguing that EPA's deliberate exclusion of all industry-affiliated scientists from the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee ("CASAC") violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act ("FACA").
Read MoreALF EVP/GC Larry Ebner Appointed Chair of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy
Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF) Executive Vice President & General Counsel Larry Ebner has been appointed Chair of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy. DRI is the nation's largest voluntary bar association for civil litigation attorneys who defend the interests of business in trial and appellate courts.
Read MoreALF Urges Supreme Court To Decide Whether Climate-Change Damages Suits Belong In Federal, Not State, Courts
The Atlantic Legal Foundation, joined by the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to decide whether damages suits filed by state or local governments against fossil fuel energy companies for allegedly causing global climate change can be "removed" (i.e., transferred) from state to federal court.
Read MoreALF Argues “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” In FTC Constitutional Challenge
The Atlantic Legal Foundation has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hold, contrary to the Ninth Circuit, that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the structure of the Federal Trade Commission’s civil administrative enforcement process.
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