What We Do

The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center is the voice of business and free enterprise in the federal and state courts. We represent the Chamber in lawsuits to challenge unlawful federal, state, and local regulatory actions. We intervene to defend the government in cases brought by activists to challenge pro-business or deregulatory actions. We file amicus curiae briefs representing the broad views of the business community in important litigation throughout the country, including in the Supreme Court of the United States. We help advocates prepare for oral arguments in cases that present important business issues. We work with the media to help the public understand key decisions and legal principles.

Regulatory Lawsuits

On behalf of the U.S. Chamber, the Litigation Center challenges regulations and other governmental actions that are unlawful and harm free enterprise. The U.S. Chamber is the plaintiff or petitioner in these suits. The Litigation Center, again representing the U.S. Chamber, also intervenes to defend the interests of free enterprise in cases brought by activists or the plaintiffs’ bar to subvert governmental actions that advance economic growth and job creation.

Regulatory Lawsuits
Amicus Curiae Litigation

The Litigation Center engages in strategic amicus curiae (or “friend of the court”) litigation in courts across the country and in every level of the judicial system. The Litigation Center’s amicus strategy includes filing briefs that present unique and compelling legal arguments, and that educate courts on the practical implications of legal decisions to the broader business community.

SCOTUS Amicus Federal Amicus State Amicus

Featured Cases

North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust

U.S. Supreme Court

Issue:

Tax Litigation

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to reject North Carolina’s attempt to tax out-of-state trust

Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s attempt to tax an out-of-state trust based solely on a beneficiary’s residency. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief at the merits stage supporting this result.

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PDR Network, LLC, et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

U.S. Supreme Court

Issue:

Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause

U.S. Chamber files merits-stage amicus brief in support of neither party, encouraging Supreme Court to protect reliance interests by holding that Hobbs Act generally prohibits collateral challenges to agency rules, while also recognizing private defendants’ due process rights in TCPA litigation to challenge regulations sought to be enforced against them

Supreme Court avoids resolving question about a district court’s power to determine the legality of an agency regulation subject to judicial review in a court of appeals under the Hobbs Act. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief at the merits stage in support of neither party, encouraging the Court to protect reliance interests by holding that the Hobbs Act generally prohibits collateral challenges to agency rules, while also recognizing private defendants’ due process rights in district court proceedings to contest the applicability of agency regulations enforced against them.

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Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service

U.S. Supreme Court

Issue:

Intellectual Property
Administrative Law & Government Litigation

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the government lacks authority to seek administrative review of patents’ validity under the America Invents Act

Supreme Court holds that the federal government is not a “person” authorized to file an inter partes review petition challenging the validity of a patent. The U.S. Chamber filed a brief at the merits stage supporting this result.

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What We Do

Regulatory Lawsuits

Amicus Curiae Litigation

Featured Cases