Initiating a conversation about RFID is nearly as combustible as broaching your opinion about universal healthcare – at Thanksgiving dinner at your new in-laws who do not share your political affiliation.  It leaves an edge in the air that makes any meal fairly unpalatable. Read the full article here.TweetShareShare0 Shares

According to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is alleging that Congress unlawfully divested its legislative appropriations power when it gave CFPB the ability to draw funding directly from the Federal Reserve, without annual appropriations from Congress and without oversight…

NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, describes the situation where the employees in state attorney general offices are paid by a private organization or individual as a violation of the due process requirement.   TweetShareShare0 Shares

Justice Clarence Thomas offered the latest signal of his appetite to rein in the power of federal agencies, criticizing a long-standing legal principle that federal agencies commonly rely on to defend their regulatory decisions. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares

The Supreme Court let stand an appeals ruling that precluded a tax refund to movie producers Howard and Karen Baldwin, deferring to an Internal Revenue Service regulation that ended the common-law mailbox rule for refund claims, even though Justice Clarence Thomas reversed his position on an earlier case. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares

NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, comments on an enormous due process problem for targets of enforcement actions from state attorney general offices filled with special assistants on private payrolls.   TweetShareShare0 Shares