by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Jan 31, 2024 | In the News
A legal activist group aiming to weaken the administrative state plans to sue the SEC over its long-standing practice of barring defendants who settle charges from later denying the allegations levied by the agency. The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Tuesday that...
by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Jan 31, 2024 | In the News
A State Department-funded organization that purports to combat opaque operations within websites and media stands accused of hypocritically and illegally hiding its own funders and officers. The stated mission of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a not-for-profit...
by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Jan 30, 2024 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 30, 2024) – Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission denied the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s long-standing petition to amend the agency’s “Gag Rule,” under which SEC forbids every American with whom it settles a regulatory enforcement...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 26, 2024 | Blog, Peggy Little
Photo: John J. Vecchione, NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel, Meghan Lapp, Fisheries Liaison & General Manager, Seafreeze, Ltd., Mark Chenoweth, President and Chief Legal Officer, and Roman Martinez, Latham & Watkins Partner, give their comments at the Supreme...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 26, 2024 | Lunch & Law Speaker Series
Chevron deference purports to require Article III judges to violate their oath of impartiality by yielding to an administrative agency’s interpretation of the law. That means that the judge is forced to rule for the government, even if that judge thinks their...
