Renewed Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Rule Under Which the Agency Has Been Unconstitutionally Silencing Persons Who Enter Into Consents With the SEC

by | Dec 20, 2023 | Kaitlyn Schiraldi, Kara Rollins, Peggy Little, Uncategorized

Over five years ago, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (“NCLA”) petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to amend 17 C.F.R. § 202.5(e) (the “Gag Rule”, “Gag” or “Rule”). Adopted 51 years ago as a so-called housekeeping rule and thus without the benefit...
Have the SEC’s Delay Tactics Made Its Petition for Rulemaking Process Vulnerable to Challenge? A Look at In re Coinbase Inc. and SEC’s Nullification of 5 U.S.C. § 553(e) by Inaction

Have the SEC’s Delay Tactics Made Its Petition for Rulemaking Process Vulnerable to Challenge? A Look at In re Coinbase Inc. and SEC’s Nullification of 5 U.S.C. § 553(e) by Inaction

by | May 3, 2023 | Kara Rollins, Opinion

Last week, Coinbase launched its first counteroffensive against the Securities Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) aggressive enforcement posturing in the cryptoeconomy. The cryptocurrency trading platform filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking the Third Circuit to...

Petition to Amend 38 C.F.R. § 3.654(b)(2) to Correct an Inconsistency Between the Regulation and the Underlying Statutory Mandate, and to Ensure that Disabled Veterans Receive the Disability Benefits to Which They Are Entitled

by | Jan 11, 2023 | Kara Rollins, Richard Samp, Uncategorized

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and the Concerned Veterans for America Foundation (CVAF) hereby petition the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to amend its regulation regarding the payment of benefits to veterans who have been adjudged eligible for...