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Lawyers Are Watching as Attorneys Challenge Ethics Rule
Two attorneys claim a 2020 provision of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct violates the First and Fourteenth amendments. But state bar officials want…
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire members of product safety agency
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency Congress set up to be independent of political pressures… Kara Rollins, litigation counsel for the nonprofit legal group New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is not directly involved in the case but is engaged in other legal battles…
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'At the nadir of his constitutional powers': Public interest law firm urges appeals court to reject Trump's argument he has 'unlimited tariff authority'
A nonprofit public interest law firm is imploring a federal court of appeals to side with a coalition of businesses against President Donald Trump in a legal battle over the administration’s emergency tariffs. In a 35-page amicus brief filed Tuesday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) says all tariffs enacted this year violate federal law, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Appeals Court Briefs Say Trump's Tariffs Are Based on a Statute That Does Not Authorize Tariffs at All
In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose stiff, wide-ranging tariffs aimed at reducing drug trafficking and bilateral trade deficits. The Trump administration is now asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reverse…
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SEC Rethinks Market Surveillance Tool Some Investors Want to Axe
A controversial system to monitor Wall Street trading under development since the Obama administration is at a critical juncture, as SEC Chairman Paul Atkins attempts to rework the market surveillance tool and some plaintiffs push to abolish it entirely. The Securities and Exchange Commission this month moved to pause litigation challenging its Consolidated Audit Trail, first…
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Supreme Court rules in favor of retailers affected by FDA order
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that retailers can challenge denials of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs). R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., and several convenience retailers, sued the FDA after it denied PMTAs for Reynolds’ Vuse Alto, Vibe and Solo menthol vape products… Daniel Kelly, senior litigation counsel, of the nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group New…
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