… Newman’s counsel, Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), told IPWatchdog in September that he believes the order is flatly illegal, citing to Rule 20, which requires a “fixed period” for suspending a judge from being assigned new cases. According to Dolin, the order calls for a floating period of one year…

… The case before the First Circuit was brought by investor James Harper, whose financial records the IRS obtained through a judicially enforced “John Doe summons” asking Coinbase to turn over information on thousands of account holders. John Doe summons, which don’t require a showing of probable cause, direct a third party to surrender information…

A legal activist group aiming to weaken the administrative state plans to sue the SEC over its long-standing practice of barring defendants who settle charges from later denying the allegations levied by the agency. The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Tuesday that it will challenge the Wall Street regulator’s decision to reject the group’s petition to amend…

A State Department-funded organization that purports to combat opaque operations within websites and media stands accused of hypocritically and illegally hiding its own funders and officers. The stated mission of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a not-for-profit organization, and its affiliates, as declared on its IRS Form 990 disclosure, is to serve as a “nonpartisan organization that…

… People like Musk are the only ones who can afford to fight the government over a single tweet, but the impact of the case “goes far beyond Elon Musk,” said Kara Rollins, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which filed an amicus brief backing Tesla. “This is really about fundamental First Amendment interests in…

… “We view this as one of the biggest, clearest First Amendment breaches by an agency that’s ever been done,” said Kara Rollins, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Novinger and his company, ICAN Investment Group LLC… The policy is unusual among federal regulators—only the Commodity Futures Trading Commission insists on…