3M Company v. Amador The Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF), joined by Washington Legal Foundation and DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear an appeal that challenges the Eighth Circuit’s lax interpretation and application of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (Testimony by Expert Witnesses). Rule 702 was amended more than 20 years […]

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. McCall, No. 21-926 Question Presented Whether an out-of-state corporate defendant’s registration to do business in a State  should be deemed consent to that State’s general jurisdiction. Case Background Imposing limits on the ability of state and federal courts to assert jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants is fundamental to due process—what

The Atlantic Legal Foundation has submitted an amicus brief supporting the certiorari petition in John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc. v. Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin, No. 21-388. The question presented —the proper First Amendment test for scrutinizing government officials’ selective exclusion of journalists from press conferences and briefings—goes to the heart of the

I today filed on behalf of the Atlantic Legal Foundation and the Cato Institute a petition-stage amicus brief supporting the Petitioner in  Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 21-86.  Ilya Shapiro,  Vice President & Director of the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, joined me on the brief as co-counsel. The