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Sixth Circuit Grapples with US Role In Twitter Users’ Bans
…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…
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Fishermen Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Second Challenge to NOAA At-Sea Monitoring Rule
…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…
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Lawyer for Federal Appeals Judge Barred from New Cases Finds Orders ‘Incredible’ and ‘Stunning’
…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…
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Plaintiffs Oppose Marco Island’s Motion to Dismiss ALPRs Lawsuit
…Attorney Richard Samp with the New Civil Liberties Alliance law firm of Washington D.C., told the Daily News in April that if the judge grants the motion to dismiss, he will appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia. In the original complaint, filed Feb. 7, 2022, Schemel, Overman and Tschida said the…
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SEC Dismisses Enforcement Cases After Improper Document Handling
…Three of the cases dismissed involved current or former New Civil Liberties Alliance clients, including Michelle Cochran, an accountant facing SEC administrative charges of violating federal accounting standards. Ms. Cochran in 2019 filed a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the SEC’s use of administrative law judges, or ALJs, which handle administrative enforcement cases in-house…
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SEC Drops 42 Enforcement Cases After Employees Accessed Restricted Records
…Cochran’s attorneys at the New Civil Liberties Alliance said Friday the dismissals were unprecedented and reflected the SEC’s worries about defendants using the Supreme Court’s decision to further attack the SEC’s court system. One investment adviser whose case was dismissed Friday had already sued the SEC in Atlanta federal court challenging the SEC in-house proceeding…
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