ALF Urges Supreme Court To Hold That Exxon Mobil Corporation Can Seek Compensation For Castro-Confiscated Business Property

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When Fidel Castro captured power in 1959, his Cuban government expropriated billions of dollars in American-owned business property. A 1972 U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission report explained that Castro’s “unlawful seizures violated every standard by which the nationals of the free world conduct their affairs.” The stolen business property included an oil refinery, product terminals and […]

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Testimony Before U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules

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On February 14, 2025 the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules heard testimony via Teams on proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.  The proposed amendments would (i) expand the funding-related disclosure requirements set forth in Rule 29(a)(4)(E), and (ii) eliminate the filing of court of appeals amicus briefs with the

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ALF Again Argues That “Drug Price Negotiation Program” Is Unconstitutional

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s highly politicized, misleadingly named, “Drug Price Negotiation Program,” 42 U.S.C. § 1320f et seq., is a form of government-imposed price control. Under the Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selects certain “negotiation-eligible” brand-name drugs. Following a supposed “negotiation” and “agreement” with its manufacturer, each such drug can be sold within

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ALF Urges U.S. Judicial Conference To Reject Amicus Brief Rules Change

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The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules has proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29 that would hinder, rather than facilitate, the filing of amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs in federal courts of appeals. Currently, Rule 29(a) permits organizations such as ALF to file a merits-stage amicus brief in a federal

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Apply Expert Testimony Reliability Criteria To Private Securities Fraud Complaints

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ALF long has been an advocate for ensuring that only reliable expert opinions are considered by courts and/or juries during any phase of litigation. In April 2024 ALF filed an amicus brief supporting NVIDIA Corporation’s certiorari petition in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, No. 23-970, a securities fraud suit governed by the

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New ALF Video Features Testimonials From Top Supreme Court Advocates

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Digital/Social Media expert Nick 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 advocates and business leaders. In addition to designing ALF’s new website, Nick worked closely with me to design and launch this new website for

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Review & Reject Expansive View of Product Manufacturers’ Civil Aiding-and-Abetting Liability

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The Mexican government has sued heavily regulated U.S. firearms manufacturers for $10 billion in damages and sweeping injunctive relief to redress “social costs” that it alleges to have incurred as a result of gun violence in Mexico. According to Mexico’s complaint, filed in Massachusetts federal district court, the defendant manufacturers have knowingly “aided and abetted”

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Decide Key Arbitration Issue

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The Supreme Court repeatedly has explained that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., was enacted to quell judicial hostility to arbitration. FAA § 2 “is the primary substantive provision of the Act, declaring that a written agreement to arbitrate . . . ‘shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Apply Federal Evidence Rule 702 To Securities Fraud Complaints

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The Atlantic Legal Foundation long has been an advocate for ensuring that only reliable expert opinions are considered by courts and/or juries during any phase of litigation. In support of a certiorari petition filed by NVIDIA Corporation in a securities fraud suit governed by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”), ALF has filed an

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Decide Whether Federal Law Precludes Climate Change Damages Suits

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State and local governments have filed dozens of damages suits in state courts around the United States collectively seeking billions of dollars  from major oil and gas producers for the alleged local effects of global warming and climate change.  The potentially disastrous national and international ramifications of allowing these proliferating suits to proceed are enormously

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