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D.C. Circuit Grants Preliminary Injunction Of FINRA Expulsion Until SEC Review

December 4, 2024
A broker is entitled to a preliminary injunction until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can review the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) decision to expel the broker for violating a cease-and-desist order, a divided panel of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held, agreeing with the broker that it would irreparably…
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Judge Newman’s Suspension by the CAFC Has Marred Public Faith in the Federal Judiciary

December 2, 2024
BY: Judge Paul Michel (Ret.) At the core of Due Process and basic justice is the undeniable right to be heard by an impartial adjudicator on the charges brought against you. That includes the right to present witnesses and evidence in your defense and to cross-examine the witnesses against you. Neither has been afforded to…
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Legal challenges on administrative reach expected in Trump's deregulatory scheme, experts say

November 27, 2024
… Mark Chenoweth, president of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, particularly pointed to Biden-era regulations, saying they could be on the chopping block once Trump takes office, telling Fox News Digital, “the Biden administration did a lot of things that lacked statutory authority completely.” Chenoweth noted that the Biden administration has already been the target…
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Crabbers sue over GPS boat monitoring program

November 22, 2024
Three Dungeness crab boat captains have sued the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the agency’s director, Kelly Susewind, over its Global Positioning System monitoring program…
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Infant Sleep Co. Says CPSC Wrongly Maligned Products

November 20, 2024
Dreamland Baby Co. is suing the Consumer Product Safety Commission and other government agencies in D.C. federal court, alleging that the CPSC broke its own rules when a “rogue” commissioner told retailers that its infant weighted sleep products were dangerous…
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Crabbers sue US state of Washington over GPS surveillance of vessels

November 18, 2024
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit public interest law firm, has sued the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on behalf of the state’s crabbers over its electronic monitoring of Dungeness crab fishing vessels, arguing that the program is unconstitutional. “The desire of agencies to always know a regulated party’s…
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