“Gov. Murphy made clear to the Appellate Division that he believes he has the power to do literally anything he wants, so long as he unilaterally decides that his executive actions are related to the pandemic and in the public’s interest,” said attorney Jared McClain. A New Jersey appeals court will consider June 1 whether…

  NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Mike DeGrandis joins “The Steve Gruber Show” with Scot Bertram filling in for Steve Gruber on 1240 WJIM to discuss NCLA’s recent petition to the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to hear our case against Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 restrictions. Key points: • NCLA filed a petition…

A national landlord group brought its case challenging a federal directive halting residential evictions to the 11th Circuit on Friday, arguing that the order has forced landlords to give unlimited free housing to delinquent tenants without proper legal recourse. Attorney Caleb Kruckenberg of the New Civil Liberties Alliance told a three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based appeals…

Landlords on Friday mounted the latest challenge to the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide freeze on many residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, urging the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block the ban. Caleb Kruckenberg of New Civil Liberties Alliance, a lawyer for the landlord group National Apartment Association and several individual landlords…

“Our clients were able to file paperwork, but they can’t achieve any meaningful remedy while this eviction moratorium is going on,” said attorney Caleb Kruckenberg. “If they use state court systems to affect a lawful eviction under state law, that is a federal crime under the CDC eviction order.” As the weather heats up, so…

  NCLA Litigation Counsel Caleb Kruckenberg joins “The Liberty Hour” with Shaun Thompson on AM 560 The Answer to discuss the CDC’s unlawful eviction moratorium and NCLA’s upcoming oral argument in Brown v. CDC. Key points: • NCLA is challenging the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to impose a nationwide…