by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 7, 2022 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, John J. Vecchione
“When all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail” as the old saying goes. For the Federal Government, there appears to be no statute the Office of Legal Counsel can find that does not allow it to hammer a vaccine mandate on the populace upon...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
Photo: NCLA client Micah Eldred, SEC v. Spartan Securities After a near decade-long Ahab-like pursuit alleging NCLA clients Spartan Securities Group, Island Stock Transfer, principals Carl Dilley, Micah Eldred, and Dave Lopez were knowingly involved in a massive fraud...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | May 6, 2021 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
The Supreme Court in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC vastly cut back the FTC’s ability to freeze and then seize its targets’ assets to the tune of billions of dollars. NCLA filed an amicus brief on behalf of AMG and the Court largely adopted our view...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, John J. Vecchione
NCLA has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of housing providers who have been frozen out of state court under penalty of criminal sanction by the Center of Disease Control’s unlawful order preventing access to courts to recover property when a tenant...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
We have discussed Axon v. FTC before and followed it closely since its inception. On January 28, 2021, the Ninth Circuit gave us more to consider. First, a recap is in order. Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon) is a corporation that makes law enforcement equipment...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
The Supreme Court heard argument in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC this week. The FTC can’t be happy with how it went. On the Covid-required Zoom-call format, Justice Roberts can and does keep much closer rein on time and interruptions. With all the...