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2nd Circ. Pauses Firm’s CFPB Fight For High Court Appeal

June 29, 2023
…The Second Circuit agreed to hold off on a mandate enforcing an investigative demand the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued to a collection firm, after the firm argued that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to hear the constitutional issues being debated. The court granted The Law Offices of Crystal Moroney PC’s request to stay…
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Suspended Federal Circuit Judge Fights to Retain Bench Seat

June 28, 2023
…On Tuesday, Newman’s attorney’s from the nonpartisan civil rights organization the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amended complaint and a motion seeking to restore her position in the court, after she was suspended by her colleagues from hearing new cases while her competency and conduct was investigated. Newman says court’s decision to suspend her without finding…
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US Judge Facing Competency Probe Asks Court to Block Her Suspension

June 28, 2023
…Newman’s attorney Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance said in an interview that the judge “has been and continues to be in sufficiently good health — as now verified by a qualified neurologist — to continue her work.” Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and representatives for the court did not immediately respond…
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Fishing Co. Takes Industry-Paid Monitors Fight to High Court

June 20, 2023
…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.…
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Rhode Island Fishermen Ask Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Observer Fees

June 16, 2023
…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…
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Twitter Users Suspended for COVID Tweets Argue to Reinstate Case against Feds

June 16, 2023
…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.”…
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