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Growing Legal Pushback Against ATF’s Rules On Bump Stocks, Receivers

February 14, 2020
Is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives overstepping its bounds in banning bump stocks? Is the agency wrongly defining lower receivers for AR-15’s as “firearms,” and if so, what does it mean for hundreds if not thousands of cases decided over the past 50 years? These are some pretty big questions, and we…
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Cattle Producers to Court: RFID Mandate Not Resolved

February 11, 2020
The attorney for R-CALF USA and several individual rancher-plaintiffs, who alleged in October that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) violated U.S. law by attempting to force RFID technology upon the entire U.S. cattle industry, filed a response to the agencies’ motion to dismiss. Read the…
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RFID lawsuit: Gotta have it or make it stop?

February 7, 2020
The US Dept. of Agriculture filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the agency’s plant to implement a livestock traceability program using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. But lawyers for the plaintiffs want the court to hear the case. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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USDA moves to dismiss lawsuit over RFID mandate

February 7, 2020
New Civil Liberties Alliance rejects agency’s attempt to dismiss case after removing guidance on radio frequency identification technology. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Mark Cuban Among SEC Critics Siding With Lucia In ALJ Fight

February 6, 2020
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and two prominent hedge fund managers are throwing their support behind former investment adviser Raymond Lucia in his latest challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative law judges. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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CFPB Backs Funding Constitutionality As Firm Battles Probe

February 4, 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fought back Monday against a preliminary injunction bid by a New York debt collection law firm that’s accused the agency of “blatantly lawless behavior” in investigating it, painting the firm’s case as procedurally improper and rejecting its constitutional challenge to the agency’s budgetary independence. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0…
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