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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. Government Regulation
  2. Combating Litigation Abuse
  3. Economic and Individual 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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March 20, 2026

WLF Urges Supreme Court to Clarify Disclosure Limits of “Fraud-on-the-Market” Theory

San Diego County Employees Retirement Ass’n v. Johnson & Johnson

WLF asked the U.S. Supreme Court review a flawed Third Circuit ruling and clear up deepening confusion on the scope of disclosure requirements under federal securities law.

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March 19, 2026

WLF Asks Ninth Circuit to Halt District Court’s Attempt to Extend California Antitrust Law Nationwide

In re Juul Labs, Inc. Antitrust Litigation

WLF supported a class action defendant's request to immediately appeal a class certification order to Ninth Circuit which violated due process and federalism principles.

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Press Releases
March 18, 2026

WLF to California: Political Speech Isn’t Pollution, It’s Protected

The Babylon Bee v. Bonta

WLF, joined by Manhattan Institute and Americans for Prosperity Foundation, urged the 9th Circuit to strike down a law that chills AI-edited political speech.

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Press Releases
March 13, 2026

Authors of WLF Working Paper Receive Burton Awards for Distinguished Legal Writing

The Burton Foundation has chosen the authors of a May 2025 WLF Working Paper as recipients for its Distinguished Legal Writing award.

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Press Releases
March 11, 2026

WLF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Expansive Section 11 Liability for Omitting Intra-Quarter Data

Robinhood Markets, Inc. v. Sodha

WLF urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari and reject the Ninth Circuit's expansive reading of Section 11 of the Securities Act.

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Press Releases
March 3, 2026

WLF Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Missouri Ruling Allowing Jury Override of Federal Pesticide Labels

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell

Together with several other organizations, WLF urged the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that allowed state-law liability for failing to add a carcinogen warning to an EPA-approved pesticide label.

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Press Releases
March 2, 2026

WLF Asks Supreme Court to Stop SEC Abuse of Equitable Disgorgement

Sripetch v. SEC

“Disgorgement is a limited remedy to take from the thief and give back to the fleeced. When nobody’s fleeced, the SEC can’t use disgorgement.”—Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel Click here to read WLF’s brief. (Washington, DC)—Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today asked the United States Supreme Court to vindicate its...

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