You shouldn’t have to ask your competitors for permission to start a business
Should existing businesses have the power to veto new enterprises? Nevada thinks so. We don’t. Ron and Danell Perlman are the owner-operators of Reno Tahoe Limousine, based in Reno, Nevada. They own...
View ArticlePLF declares war on Competitor's Veto laws
This morning, PLF is announcing its new nationwide campaign against “Certificate of Convenience and Necessity” laws. These are licensing requirements that apply to taxi and limo companies, moving...
View ArticlePresident's weekly report on the law and Dickens — February 20, 2015
Economic Liberty Project — Challenging another competitor’s veto We filed this complaint this week challenging Nevada’s version of a competitor’s veto in Perlman v. Mackay. Here the owners of an...
View ArticleHow business friendly is Nevada, really?
The Sacramento Bee‘s Dale Kasler has an in-depth article about our latest Competitor’s Veto lawsuit, challenging Nevada’s laws that bar people from starting moving businesses, limo companies, or taxi...
View ArticleTestimony to the Nevada Senate: Competitor's Veto laws are unconstitutional
Last week I testified to the Nevada Senate Committee on Transportation about the state’s Competitor’s Veto laws in the transportation industry. The way these laws work is that when an applicant files...
View ArticlePLF to Ninth Circuit: Let our challenge to Nevada’s Competitor’s Veto law go...
On Thursday, I’ll be in San Francisco arguing on behalf of Reno entrepreneur Maurice Underwood. He’s the business owner who tried to start a moving company in Reno only to learn that that state has the...
View ArticleNevada Governor Sandoval sides with the cronies…and against Nevadans
Sad news from Carson City today, where Gov. Brian Sandoval has chosen to keep in place the nation’s most anti-competitive licensing law. This morning, Sandoval announced his veto of SB 183, a bill that...
View ArticleUpdate: Nevada has another chance to do the right thing
Today I’ll be testifying to the Nevada Assembly Committee on Transportation in support of A.B. 228, which would repeal the state’s Competitor’s Veto law. Readers might be having deja vu. That’s...
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