by mason.riggs | Jan 19, 2021 | In the News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settles the overwhelming majority of its enforcement actions, most with consent decrees where the defendant “neither admits nor denies” wrongdoing.[1] The SEC has publicly defended its use of “neither admit nor deny”...
by mason.riggs | Jan 16, 2021 | In the News
The New York Times has reviewed “a memo circulated on Saturday by Ron Klain, his incoming White House chief of staff” about President-Elect Biden’s flurry of executive actions for January 20: They include rescinding the travel ban on several...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
The Supreme Court heard argument in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC this week. The FTC can’t be happy with how it went. On the Covid-required Zoom-call format, Justice Roberts can and does keep much closer rein on time and interruptions. With all the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 14, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 14, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed a reply brief in the case of Michelle Cochran v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 11, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 11, 2021) – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for writ of certiorari in the case of NCLA client Christopher Gibson. He was challenging the decision of an Eleventh Circuit panel which concluded the district court lacked jurisdiction...
