A New York federal judge on Monday denied a former Xerox executive's request for release from a 16-year-old gag rule in a securities case, telling him the request came far too late and didn't actually challenge the court's authority over him or make any claims of...
Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is representing Canosa in his suit against Coral Gables, said he is skeptical of that claim. “In practice, what they’ve done is they’ve set up at least 30 cameras around the city, and it’s not...
The Supreme Court should decline an appeal by married movie producers who say witness testimony suffices as proof they timely mailed a tax refund request because they didn't follow IRS rules requiring supporting documentation, the U.S. has told the court. Read the...
A New Jersey lawyer who operates a debt-collection service has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the agency is unconstitutional and has harassed her firm and its clients by seeking privileged communications. Read the full article here.
A new U.S. Supreme Court is giving conservative legal groups the confidence to look beyond "Chevron deference" and attack the independence of agencies like the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission as part of their broader war on the...
Texas, Louisiana and Indiana urged the full Fifth Circuit on Tuesday to reject a bid by several Native American tribes and the federal government to overturn a ruling that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconstitutionally race-based, arguing that Congress' power to...
Machine guns are prohibited under federal law. But what about bump stocks, a plastic accessory that can make a perfectly legal semi-automatic weapon behave like a machine gun? Read the full article here.
Federal agencies haven’t had much luck at the U.S. Supreme Court lately, but it could soon get much worse. The justices are now considering taking up two cases that could dramatically limit when courts must defer to regulators about the meaning of statutes. Read the...
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and two prominent hedge fund managers are throwing their support behind former investment adviser Raymond Lucia in his latest challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative law...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fought back Monday against a preliminary injunction bid by a New York debt collection law firm that's accused the agency of “blatantly lawless behavior” in investigating it, painting the firm’s case as procedurally improper and...