by NCLA | Jun 11, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit asking to reverse the district court’s decision to dismiss the case of NCLA’s client, Michelle Cochran, for lack of subject-matter...
by NCLA | Jun 6, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed its prior decision and ordered resentencing in United States v. Jeffery Havis. In no uncertain terms, the Sixth Circuit concluded that a sentencing enhancement, contained in U.S....
by NCLA | Jun 5, 2019 | Lunch & Law Speaker Series
NCLA hosted a lunch (scratch that) make it a Happy Hour & Law panel because we are talking beer with renowned constitutional lawyer Alan Gura, and his client, Justin Cox of Atlas Brew Works. Before brewers like Mr. Cox can sell beer in interstate commerce, each...
by NCLA | Jun 4, 2019 | Opinion, Peggy Little
Originally published in New York Law Journal on June 4, 2019 Download PDF version here When government agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) bring charges, their press releases are...
by NCLA | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Peggy Little
Their Own Private Idaho“Something remarkable just happened in Idaho,” according to James Broughel at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, “The state legislature opted to—in essence – repeal the entire state regulatory code.” Idaho’s new governor, Brad Little...
