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Atlantic Legal Foundation
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Established in 1977, Atlantic Legal Foundation, also known as ALF, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest law firm that litigates individual liberty, deregulation, free enterprise, and private property rights. The foundation was started to pursue a “deep commitment to redressing the bias against business which manifests itself in favor of narrow ‘consumer’ or ‘environmental’ concerns.” ALF has argued against environmental and worker regulations promulgated by federal agencies and works to promote “school-choice”. Atlantic Legal provides legal representation, without fee, to certain individuals, corporations, trade associations, parents, scientists, and educators.
The Foundation frequently files amicus curiae briefs in high-profile court cases before state supreme courts, federal circuit courts, and the United States Supreme Court.
Atlantic Legal is overseen by a board of directors composed of corporate executives, partners of major law firms, and current and retired corporate chief legal officers. The Board reviews and decides the cases in which Atlantic Legal will participate. The Foundation also has an Advisory Council, which consists of attorneys, scientists, medical doctors, and educators.
ALF is funded by a variety of individuals and organizations. Major donors have included the Koch Brothers' Claude R. Lambe Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation, ExxonMobil, Chevron, DuPont, and the Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Association.
Atlantic Legal has participated in cases involving a broad range of state and federal constitutional law issues. The Foundation has filed briefs in cases concerning free speech, equal protection, due process, federalism, separation of powers, property rights, and international law.
ALF filed amicus briefs in high-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases such as
Rumsfeld v. FAIR (arguing withholding federal funds from colleges that refused to permit military recruiters on campus did not violate the First Amendment);
Crawford v.
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