Defending Individual Liberty, Free Enterprise & Sound Science Since 1977

The Atlantic Legal Foundation advocates in the nation’s appellate courts for individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited and efficient government, sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, and effective education, including parental rights and school choice.

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Founded in 1977, the Atlantic Legal Foundation is a national, nonprofit, public interest law firm whose mission is to advance the rule of law by advocating for individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited and efficient government, sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, and effective education, including parental rights and school choice. With the benefit of guidance from the 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 of the United States, federal courts of appeals, and state supreme courts.

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James Madison: The ‘OG’ of DOGE

By Donald J. Kochan, Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School & Member, ALF Advisory Council

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“The modern regulatory state as it has evolved, especially in the past 90 years since the New Deal, has resulted in a set of legal rules for the citizenry, regularly generated by bureaucrats rather than legislators, that are impossible to comprehend because, as Madison warned, they have become, collectively ‘so voluminous that they cannot be read.’”

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How to Make the Most of the Rule 702 Amendments

By Eric G. Lasker, Elyse A. Shimada, and Shannon N. Proctor – Partners, Hollingsworth LLP

On December 1, 2023, Federal Rule of Evidence 702 was amended for the first time in twenty- three years to address what the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules (“Advisory Committee”) identified as widespread recalcitrance by many federal courts to correctly fulfilling their gatekeeping responsibility against unreliable expert evidence in the courtroom.

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ALF Amicus Curiae Program

With the benefit of guidance from the 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 primarily by participating as amicus curiae in carefully selected appeals in the Supreme Court of the United States, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts.

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2022 Annual Awards Ceremony

The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, CA – September 28, 2022

At this year’s Annual ALF Awards Ceremony, Michael D. Rich, president emeritus of the RAND Corporation, was ALF’s Annual Award recipient. Dr. Thomas Sowell – American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author – was our 2022 Lifetime Achievement Honoree.

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