by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Jun 30, 2023 | Opinion, Peggy Little
George Jarkesy, a private businessman who came into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) sights in 2013 after his businesses lost money in the 2008 recession, was trapped in SEC administrative proceedings for over a decade. He holds the unenviable...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Peggy Little
Approximately 111.7 million Americans are cyber-attacked each year. More than 80% of all American firms report that they have been successfully hacked, with 43% of those cyber attacks targeting smaller businesses. Those breaches of security grow in frequency,...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Nov 7, 2022 | Opinion, Peggy Little
The ever-expanding administrative state has become a fourth branch of government. Unelected, unaccountable and tenure-protected bureaucrats enact most rules governing Americans’ lives—thousands of new ones every year. Seeking to aid this swelling administrative state,...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Peggy Little
When did it become acceptable to ask people about their race, gender identification, and sexual preferences when determining their qualifications to do a job? If the SEC—and the stock exchange it supervises, Nasdaq—have their way, the answer is quickly...
by NCLA | Jul 24, 2019 | Mark Chenoweth, Opinion, Peggy Little
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo recently reminding all federal administrative agencies that “the Constitution vests all Federal legislative power in Congress.” That may seem obvious, but agencies often regulate Americans beyond their lawful authority...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Aug 3, 2022 | Kara Rollins, Opinion, Peggy Little
“Agencies that combine enforcement and adjudication—as many do—are unconstitutional. But convenient for the government,” law blogger Glenn Harlan Reynolds posted earlier this year. For those who follow SEC enforcement, particularly adjudication by in-house...
