Atlantic Legal Foundation
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New York, NY 10017
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Fax (212) 867-1022
The Atlantic Legal Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest law firm with a demonstrable history of advancing the rule of law in courts and before administrative agencies by advocating limited and efficient government, free enterprise, individual liberty, school choice and sound science. Atlantic Legal provides effective and decisive legal representation, without fee, to parents, scientists, educators, and other individuals, corporations and trade associations.
What's New
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The December, 2011 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel features the remarks of Ed Ludwig, Chairman of Becton, Dickinson, and Kathy Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, delivered at Atlantic Legal's 2011 Annual Award Dinner in November. In addition, MCC's editorial, "Atlantic Legal Foundation .. [more]
Monday, December 5, 2011
Atlantic Legal's longtime Advisor, Professor Richard Wilson of Harvard University, has been awarded the 2012 Andrei Sakharov Prize by The American Physical Society (APS). The Prize was established to recognize and encourage outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights. The citation that will appear on .. [more]
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Foundation partnered with the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence to file an amicus brief in support of petitioner in Harmon v. Kimmel, a case challenging the New York City Rent Stabilization Law as a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. The .. [more]
Monday, November 7, 2011
On Wednesday, November 2, before an audience of nearly 300 guests at New York City's Metropolitan Club, Edward J. Ludwig, Chairman of the Board of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) received Atlantic Legal's 24th Annual Award, given to honor a person who exemplifies the ideals and principles of public service .. [more]
Atlantic Legal Program Areas
School ChoiceAtlantic Legal is a leader in the fight to ensure that parents have choices about where their children go to school. We are strong defenders of charter schools, advocating for school choice in the courts and educating the schools themselves about their rights.
A core component of Atlantic Legal's School Choice program is the website DefendCharterSchools.org. Please visit for more information.
Sound ScienceAs toxic tort, product liability and other litigation become increasingly prominent areas of law for the plaintiff's bar and increasingly significant for U.S. business and professional organizations, Atlantic Legal Foundation is fighting tirelessly and successfully to guarantee that the expert medical and other testimony upon which such cases depend is grounded on scientific methods and genuinely reliable.
Constitutional IssuesAtlantic Legal Foundation's activities concerning important issues of federal and state constitutional law have included participation in important cases involving: Free Speech, Equal Protection, Due Process, Federalism, Separation of Powers, Property Rights, arbitrary and capricious exercise of governmental power, as well as the interplay between U.S. Law and International Law.
Corporate GovernanceAtlantic Legal does invaluable work in the area of corporate governance, working hard to protect America's economic prosperity by battling intrusive regulations and activist courts while insisting that corporations make themselves more openly accountable to customers and shareholders.