…Seafreeze’s counsel, John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, told Law360 on Tuesday the justices could narrow the doctrine so that it will have to take more than silence from Congress in a particular statute for courts to defer to agencies. His organization would prefer to see deference to agencies fully overturned, Vecchione said.…

…The legal activist group New Civil Liberties Alliance petitioned the court June 14 for a “writ of certiorari” in its case representing Point Judith, R.I. companies Relentless Inc., Huntress Inc. and Seafreeze Fleet LLC. Their case challenges a 2020 rule imposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that required vessel operators to pay for…

…Attorney John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Washington, D.C., argued Thursday on behalf of the Twitter users and first addressed the concrete nature of the injuries sustained by his clients. “In my clients’ case,” he said, “something has happened. It’s not arguable they were thrown off Twitter. You have real injury.”…

…Three users of Twitter, who said the federal government caused the social media platform to discipline them for spreading Covid-19 disinformation, received a chilly response from a Sixth Circuit panel Thursday. Senior US Circuit Judge Danny J. Boggs asked the attorney representing the men, John J. Vecchione, to explain when the government’s pressure goes too…

…In 2020, NOAA Fisheries implemented a new rule requiring fishermen to pay for human at-sea monitors aboard their vessels. While the agency claimed the monitors are necessary to ensure compliance, fishermen balked at the cost, which they claim can be more than USD 700 (EUR 640) per day. Represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…

…Newman is refusing to cooperate in the investigation until she is assigned new cases and the investigation is transferred to a different court. Orders in the case are available here. Newman is represented by Gregory Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a former clerk for Newman. He is one of the lawyers who filed a May…