by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Since July of 2018, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed 18 anti-guidance petitions to federal agencies who too often regulate through “guidance” rather than following the process that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) mandates for...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 18, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. —The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) today filed a petition asking the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to amend its controversial “Gag” Rule. The CFTC requires settling parties to agree that they will never make any public...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. —The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil-rights organization and public-interest law firm, filed an amicus brief supporting the appellant in the case of Goldwater Institute v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services before the U.S....
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 15, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a Memorandum of Law opposing the Department of Education’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint NCLA filed last fall on behalf of Dr. Mukund Vengalattore. NCLA’s client was an assistant physics professor at...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 8, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “Gag” Rule is a regulation almost unique to the SEC. Since the Rule was created without notice and comment in 1972, it has managed to impact the freedom of speech of hundreds of Americans. Barry D....
by Joseph Pimentel | Jun 26, 2019 | Press Releases
Court Must Stop Relying on Stare Decisis Crutch to Prop Up Problematic PrecedentWashington, D.C. — Today’s Supreme Court decision in Kisor v. Wilkie grants temporary victory to combat veteran James Kisor but nevertheless keeps Auer deference intact. Although the facts...
