...Mr. Schmitt said other emails show the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reaching out to Google, Facebook’s parent company Meta, Microsoft and Twitter after the rollout of the Department of Homeland Security’s disinformation governance board, which...
5th Circuit Questions Claim That SEC Put Nasdaq on a ‘Woke Mission’ for Board Diversity
…The case is Alliance For Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 21-60626. For National Center for Public Policy Research: Peggy Little and Sheng Li of the New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full article
Attys’ Challenge To Conn. Conduct Rule Tossed For Standing
...Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, one of the attorneys representing Cerame and Moynahan, told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday that his clients plan to appeal the court's decision. "The court's basis for dismissing the case was to say that we had not shown...
Lawyers Begin Attempt to Appeal Conviction of Social Media Influencer David Lesh
…New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a brief on Tuesday appealing Lesh’s conviction in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. His lawyers argued that prosecutors failed to prove his guilt, the bench trial denied his right to a trial by jury on criminal...
Nasdaq Diversity Rules Challenge Puts Conservatives on Defense
…“You have to be able to say it’s arbitrary,” Judge Stephen Higginson of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit told the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment and the New Civil Liberties Alliance during oral arguments Monday, referring to the Security and...
Showdown Over Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule Heads to 5th Circuit
…The case is Alliance For Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 21-60626. For NCPPR: Peggy Little and Sheng Li of the New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full article
The Brewing Legal Fight Over Biden’s Debt Cancellation
…John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a group that litigates against the administrative state, told Law360, "We obviously believe that this is huge overreach and illegal activity by the executive. I can't tell you we have a case, but I suspect that, to...
5th Circ. To Scope SEC Agenda In Nasdaq Diversity Rule Fight
…The Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment is represented by C. Boyden Gray, Jonathan Berry, R. Trent McCotter, Michael Buschbacher and Jordan Smith of Boyden Gray & Associates. The National Center for Public Policy Research is represented by Margaret Little and...
Nasdaq to Defend Board Diversity Push After California Setbacks
…California Superior Court judges earlier this year struck down state laws that directed companies based in the state to have women and minority or LGBTQ board members. The scrapping of California’s mandates is a bellwether that shows board diversity regulations...
Lesh Appeals Convictions, Brief Alleges ‘Overreach’
…“This case presents a classic example of Government overreach,” Younes wrote in her summary of argument. “Because authorities considered Appellant a troublemaker, they repeatedly tried to charge him with various offenses that would not stick. The convictions here are...