A former investment adviser who successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the administrative law judge in his U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings was appointed unconstitutionally has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle his case with the SEC,...

Mark Weissman was filling out his federal Paycheck Protection Program application when he was asked if he has a criminal history. The answer was yes, which automatically disqualified his real estate business in Cedarhurst on Long Island. “It was another punch in the...

A Maryland business owner is suing to force the Small Business Administration to open the Paycheck Protection Program to borrowers with a criminal past, claiming the agency can't pick and choose "who is and is not morally worthy" of aid from the coronavirus relief...

A Maryland storeowner sued the Small Business Administration, alleging the agency exceeded its statutory authority when it decided to limit the availability of pandemic relief loans to business owners with a criminal record. The lawsuit was filed by the New Civil...

Small business owners with a criminal record aren't eligible to receive certain government aid under the coronavirus relief bill designed to help keep stores afloat while the pandemic drags on. The owner of a corner store in Maryland is looking to change that....

A Maryland convenience store owner has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Small Business Administration’s prohibition of businesses owned by people with criminal histories from applying for emergency loans because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit that Altimont...

A New York debt collection law firm battling a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigation said Tuesday it wants to consolidate and pause their dueling court fights, telling a federal judge that the cases overlap too much to proceed separately and should wait...

Governor Charlie Baker declined to comment today on a lawsuit claiming he has exceeded his authority under Massachusetts law by ordering the coronavirus emergency shutdowns. “Normally, we don’t really speak to lawsuits when they’re in process. Obviously, we’re aware...

A New Jersey landlord is challenging Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing tenants to use their security deposits to pay their rent during the coronavirus crisis. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Matthew Johnson claims the governor’s order violates his...

Massachusetts has come to the point that legal action is needed, not to save itself from the coronavirus, but from power hungry politicians. Massachusetts and the rest of the country are fortunate to see all health trends pointing in the right direction. The curve is...

Restaurant owners, hair salon owners, pastors, and a Christian school are asking a state court to overturn Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s executive orders that seriously limit what they can do during the coronavirus emergency. The plaintiffs, whose lawyers...

A group has sued Governor Baker over what they say is unjustified “draconian, “one-size-fits-all” measures across the Commonwealth” concerning his COVID-19 response involving businesses. Monday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, based out of Washington D.C., filed a...

Almost 10 weeks after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker shuttered non-essential businesses and organizations in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, a group of business owners, pastors, and private school leaders have filed suit to lift the restrictions,...

A 10th Circuit panel on Thursday upheld the federal government’s ban on bump stock accessories for guns, striking down a Salt Lake City resident’s challenge to the federal ban on the device that allows semiautomatic guns to fire ammunition at the same speed as...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against a Utah gun rights advocate who challenged the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. A three judge panel from the 10th Circuit Court of...

The Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, devices that increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms, is likely lawful, a divided Tenth Circuit held Thursday, rejecting a request to temporarily lift the ban. Federal regulators properly interpreted a machine...

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, host Ben Domenech is joined by Mark Chenoweth and Adi Dynar, his lawyers at New Civil Liberties Alliance. In 2019, after employees at Vox Media Inc. staged a walkout demanding a new collective bargaining agreement,...

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led business coalition has backed Oracle's bid to defang the U.S. Department of Labor unit that sues federal contractors for job bias, accusing it of extorting businesses to settle nine-figure suits it lacks the power to bring. The coalition...

Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air. Both agencies quickly backtracked on using the...

Fever-reading drones, thermal cameras, and other coronavirus policies are part of “a looming wave of intrusive technology and constitutionally questionable measures pushed by governments — from local to state to federal — under the mission of protecting a fearful...

Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air. Both agencies quickly backtracked on using...

“This is the Daytona Beach Police Department. We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to COVID-19, this park is currently closed.” So says a drone with a loud speaker attached to its top. The coronavirus pandemic has forced police departments in the country and...

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted police departments to rely increasingly on drone aircraft to enforce social-distancing rules while keeping police officers at a safe distance as well, USA Today reports. Over the past month, several law enforcement agencies have...

“This is the Daytona Beach Police Department. We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to COVID-19, this park is currently closed.” So says a drone with a loud speaker attached to its top. The coronavirus pandemic has forced police departments in the country and...