... "The court focused almost exclusively on the jury trial question, with the justices plumbing different approaches to the difficult line-drawing questions," said Peggy Little, an attorney at New Civil Liberties Alliance. "There's a decent chance the 5th Circuit...
An Administrative Court Scandal at the SEC
... "Without a doubt, the mass dismissal of these open cases is an evasion of the review promised by the Supreme Court," says Peggy Little, senior counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA). "Conveniently, it also seeks to extinguish discovery on the breadth,...
Conservative Groups Want Another Shot at Overturning Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule
...After a three-judge panel last month rejected their lawsuit seeking to overturn Nasdaq's board diversity rule, the conservative groups behind the legal challenge would like an entire federal appeals court to hear the case. The New Civil Liberties Alliance,...
Investment Advisory Firm Case Hits Supreme Court This Week
...The Supreme Court’s examination will focus on these three key issues. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the government, argues that the Seventh Amendment does not extend to administrative adjudications by federal agencies. Peggy Little, senior...
All the President’s Misinformation: Employees’ Rebuke of Biden Exposes Peril of Feds’ Speech Police
...Missouri and Louisiana, the New Civil Liberties Alliance and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson are all suing the feds for alleged First Amendment violations related to coercion of social media platforms to suppress disfavored content. America First Legal...
Coinbase’s SEC Fight Renews Interest in ‘Grossly’ Underused Tool
...Having the ability to suggest new regulations and rule changes directly to the agency is powerful, said Kara Rollins of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights group. Still, rulemaking petitions are a “grossly underutilized...
Supreme Court to Review Trump-Era Ban on Gun ‘Bump Stocks’
...Richard Samp, a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group representing Cargill, said, “ATF for many years recognized that bump-stock-equipped semi-automatic weapons are not ‘machineguns.’ Its sudden reversal can only be explained as a decision to...
US Supreme Court to Decide Legality of Federal Ban on Gun ‘Bump Stocks’
...Cargill sued to challenge the rule, which required him to surrender his two bump stocks. Attorney Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance conservative legal group, representing Cargill, praised the court's decision to hear the case. "ATF for many years...
How Biden Is Continuing to Cancel Student Loan Debt Despite Supreme Court Ruling
...The Biden administration is facing at least one lawsuit over the account adjustments, filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the conservative groups Cato Institute and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The plaintiffs recently filed an...
A Small Fish and an Uncollected Fee Add Up to Big-Government Challenge at the Supreme Court
...Critics say an expansive reading of that provision would leave fishing businesses vulnerable to crushing fees. “Once they’ve got it fixed in the legal firmament, they can go charge whatever they want,” said John Vecchione, a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties...