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A Look At Recent Challenges To SEC’s Settlement ‘Gag Rule’
The settlement policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not allow settling while denying the allegations the commission has brought against the defendant or respondent… Mike Blankenship is a partner and Regina Maze is an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP. The opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of…
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Anonymous Audit Firm Sues PCAOB to Block ‘Excessively Intrusive and Burdensome’ Investigative Demand
… The firm is represented by Dickinson Wright PLLC, as well as the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), an organization that is also involved in separate John Doe challenges to the PCAOB in Tennessee and Washington, D.C….
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Abridging, Not Coercing, Is The First Amendment’s Yardstick for Speech Violations
Philip Hamburger, a professor at Columbia, is the CEO of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents most of the individual plaintiffs in Murthy v. Missouri. Hamburger wrote the following post in response to a post at Volokh by Ilya Somin: Is coercion the First Amendment’s measure of the freedom of speech? In commenting on Murthy v.…
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Government Was ‘Going After Lawful Speech,’ Which First Amendment Explicitly Forbids: NCLA President
The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in what is being called the “most consequential” First Amendment case in America’s history. The attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, and five individuals, claim that federal officials violated their First Amendment rights by coercing social media companies to censor their viewpoints in their social media posts that…
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FAQs re Murthy v. Missouri
Philip Hamburger asked me to post these FAQs about Murthy v. Missouri. Philip is CEO of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents most of the individual plaintiffs in Murthy. I am on the NCLA’s board. PHILIP HAMBURGER: Next Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Murthy v. Missouri considering whether it should sustain the injunction awarded to…
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