Does RICO only apply to organized crime? Not according to the plaintiffs' bar. Sarah Elizabeth Spencer and Larry Ebner have teamed on an amicus brief for the Atlantic Legal Foundation & The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy in a Supreme Court case involving the issue of whether alleged harm from ordinary product liability claims can be brought under RICO's civil damages provision. Click below to read more.
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Law Practice
Harrison, NY 131 followers
Advocates for individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, sound science, and school choice
About us
Established in 1977, the Atlantic Legal Foundation is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, public interest law firm whose mission is to advance the rule of law and civil justice by advocating for individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited and efficient government, sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, and school choice. With the benefit of guidance from the distinguished legal scholars, corporate legal officers, private practitioners, business executives, and prominent scientists who serve on its Board of Directors and Advisory Council, the Foundation pursues its mission by participating as amicus curiae in carefully selected appeals before the Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state supreme courts.
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http://atlanticlegal.org
External link for Atlantic Legal Foundation
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- Law Practice
- Company size
- 1 employee
- Headquarters
- Harrison, NY
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1977
- Specialties
- Constitutional Law, Free Enterprise, Individual Liberty, Sound Science, School Choice, Limited Government, and Property Rights
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500 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 320
Harrison, NY 10528, US
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1527 Stone Canyon Rd
Los Angeles, California 90077, US
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1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 200
Washington, District of Columbia 20006, US
Employees at Atlantic Legal Foundation
Updates
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ALF has filed a Third Circuit amicus brief supporting a constitutional challenge to the Inflation Reduction Act's highly politicized, misleadingly named, "Drug Price Negotiation Program." Click below to read more.
ALF Amicus Brief Supports Constitutional Challenge To Medicare "Drug Price Negotiation Program" - Atlantic Legal Foundation
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On behalf of ALF, Larry Ebner & John Reeves have filed a cert petition asking the Supreme Court to reverse a 7th Cir. decision holding that parents lack standing to challenge a public school district's "gender identity transition policy" - a policy that a K-12 student's request, keeps his or her parents in the dark about the "Gender Support Plan" that the school develops and implements to facilitate, if not encourage, gender identity transitions. Our brief discusses Supreme Court case law, and the long common-law tradition, upholding the principle that parents have a natural and legal right to direct the upbringing and education of their own children. To read more, click here: https://lnkd.in/eXUPinRe
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Click below to read why the SEC's "Gag Rule" should be vacated.
ALF Amicus Brief Supports Constitutional Challenge To SEC "Gag Rule" - Atlantic Legal Foundation
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Digital/Social Media expert Nicholas A. Kosar of Open Road Digital has created this Atlantic Legal Foundation video, featuring some of the many testimonials we have received from the nation's top Supreme Court practitioners and business leaders. Thank you, Nick, for your devotion to ALF!
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The Atlantic Legal Foundation is pleased to announce publication of its 2023 Annual Report. Please scroll through the report's content-rich pages, including highlights of the many important legal issues addressed in the 30 amicus briefs that we filed during 2023 and into the first quarter of 2024. If you would like to receive a printed copy, please email us at dan.fisk@atlanticlegal.org or lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org. #appellatelinkedin #lawyers #supremcourt
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ALF has filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court should grant cert in Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Crystal Shores Owners Ass'n (23-1051) to decide whether federal law or state law governs the meaning of an agreement to arbitrate under the Federal Arbitration Act. Our brief discusses why the answer must be federal law. Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/eg4u7zre
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Thank you Sarah Elizabeth Spencer for authoring the amicus brief that the Atlantic Legal Foundation & The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy have filed in support of Country Mutual Insurance Company's cert petition asking the Supreme Court to address the scope of two exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act's removal provisions. Click below to read more.
ALF Argues That CAFA's "Internal Affairs" Removal Exception Should Be Interpreted Narrowly - Atlantic Legal Foundation
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The Atlantic Legal Foundation long has urged federal judges to fulfill their gatekeeper role by ensuring that expert opinions are reliable under Fed. R. Evid. 702. In an amicus brief filed today, ALF urges the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in a securities fraud case presenting the question of whether an expert opinion can substitute for alleging particularized facts relating to "falsity." ALF's brief asks the Court to hold that district judges should apply Rule 702's reliability criteria to assess the reliability of such an expert opinion.
ALF Urges Supreme Court To Apply Federal Evidence Rule 702 To Securities Fraud Complaints - Atlantic Legal Foundation
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The Supreme Court needs to decide whether federal law precludes state and local governments from filing damages suits against fossil fuel energy companies for the alleged local effects of global climate change. The amicus brief that the Atlantic Legal Foundation filed today explains why. Click below to read more.
ALF Urges Supreme Court To Decide Whether Federal Law Precludes Climate Change Damages Suits - Atlantic Legal Foundation
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