by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 11, 2020 | In the News
A split panel of Fifth Circuit judges on Tuesday threw out a suit brought by an accountantwho alleged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house judges are unconstitutionally protected from removal. Two of the three judges on the panel agreed that...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 11, 2020 | In the News
For years Barry Romeril, the former chief financial officer of Xerox, has yearned to speak out about massive accounting-fraud charges leveled against him and his company by the SEC in 2002, say his lawyers at the New Civil Liberties Alliance. But weeks after the SEC...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 9, 2020 | In the News
FreedomWorks recently announced the launch of the American Freedom Initiative (AFI), a collaboration headed by former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker. This project aims to help relieve injustices committed against Americans under the criminal justice system...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 7, 2020 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (August 7, 2020) – “Buyer Beware” takes on a whole new meaning if you wish to see the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) safety standards for a product before purchasing it. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 6, 2020 | In the News
Universities are pushing back on students’ claims that they are entitled to refunds due to the inadequacy of remote learning, a New York federal judge struck down some federal limits to paid coronavirus leave, and Microsoft has been accused of breaching a lease...