“The CARES Act’s six-month student-loan debt payment pause reflected Congress’s considered judgment for when payments and interest must resume,” said Sheng Li, Litigation Counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group leading the push for a preliminary...
“The undue haste with which the special committee is proceeding is indicative of the denial of due process,” the suit adds. Moore, Prost and Taranto did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Newman is being represented by attorneys John Vecchione and...
...The groups said that decision "rests on a novel holding that would require judgment in favor of criminal defendants whenever a court perceives any ambiguity in a criminal statute." "We agree with the Gifford Law Center that the issue is an important one and that...
...The complaint further takes issue with the way the Federal Circuit panel is handling its probe, including issuing “a gag order threatening Judge Newman and her counsel with sanctions should any of them publicize the ongoing investigation.” The district court should...
...“This unlawful ongoing student-loan payment pause fits a familiar pattern that already played out in the context of the federal eviction moratorium. First, Congress enacts a temporary economic-relief program, then an administrative agency extends that program...
...One of those amicus briefs was filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, on behalf of Rhode Island fishermen it represents. The NCLA has also represented Gulf of Mexico charter fishing captains who object to NMFS electronic monitoring demands. “It is thrilling...
...In the second case, Michelle Cochran, a certified public accountant accused by the SEC of flouting auditing standards, sought to challenge that same scheme at the Wall Street regulator. Cochran won in the Fifth Circuit, setting up the government's appeal that the...
...Lawyers for accountant Michelle Cochran, bringing the challenge in the SEC case, and body-camera manufacturer Axon Enterprise Inc. in the FTC case, said their clients should not have to undergo years of litigation before being able to challenge the...
...The opinion dealt with two related cases, Axon Enterprise v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran. While it addressed a narrow jurisdictional question, it highlighted the court’s increasing skepticism toward administrative tribunals run by federal agencies... Read the full...
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil rights group that supported Cochran’s case in its journey to the high court, said the ruling will allow citizens to access federal courts when agencies violate their constitutional rights. The NCLA will continue...