Last Monday, the Supreme Court held its “long conference,” which is exactly what it sounds like: a longer-than-usual meeting in which justices review cert petitions that have piled up over the summer.

Check out PLF’s Supreme Court Show to hear our attorneys discuss some of the recent oral arguments and make predictions about which cases will be granted next.

From Florida to California, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is telling landowners that they may use their properties only if they agree to permanent restrictions dictated by the service at great expense. These diktats shouldn’t be enforceable unless the government pays the landowner for the lost use of his property.

PLF client Frank Black recently penned an op-ed in National Review sharing his experience navigating “the dystopian world” of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

“Most brokers lack the resources or stamina to fight FINRA’s one-sided system,” Frank explains. “They fold, settle, or accept lifetime bans rather than endure years of FINRA’s abuse. But this is America. We’re supposed to have fair trials before impartial judges, not ones paid from the fines they impose.”

With PLF’s help, Frank is challenging the unfair process—joining a growing list of courageous citizens in PLF’s initiative to end agency adjudication once and for all.

Last week, California Assembly Bill 418 became law, closing a loophole that allowed California localities to seize and transfer homes to the government or nonprofits without compensating former owners for their hard-earned equity. 

In 2023, PLF won a unanimous Supreme Court victory in Tyler v. Hennepin County (brought on behalf of 94-year-old Minneapolis woman Geraldine Tyler), which established that when government seizes property for unpaid taxes, it cannot pocket more than what is owed. In the two years since that victory, PLF’s state policy team has worked with state legislators around the country to fix laws and loopholes that still allow home equity theft—including in California.

Modern discussions of inequality tend to focus on wealth gaps and wage stagnation. But as PLF attorney Joshua Polk argues, “There’s an equally sinister version of inequality that doesn’t pit billionaires against the poor. It involves the administrative state’s pilfering a valuable resource from anyone trying to get ahead: time.”

For working-class Americans, starting a side business, filing a zoning variance, or even renewing your driver’s license is like a second job that doesn’t pay the bills.

In August, Wisconsin lawmakers quietly expanded the scope of practice for certain nurses, allowing advanced practice registered nurses, such as nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives, to work independently, without the need for a supervising physician. 

“For patients, it’s a meaningful shift: fewer waiting rooms and faster care,” according to PLF attorney Samantha Romero-Drew. “For providers, it means fewer bureaucratic formalities that are divorced from competency and safety. And it will certainly save us all a great deal of time.”