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The Endless Eviction Moratorium
June 28, 2021
The CDC extended the national moratorium on evictions through the end of July 2021... again. The agency indicated that “this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium,” but the agency has extended the moratorium multiple times since it was first issued in September 2020. Listen here
What’s the EEOC So Afraid Of?
June 25, 2021
NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, chats with Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel at Center for Equal Opportunity. Mr. Westhill was recently invited to testify before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the topic of “Civil Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” As the former…
Suffer the Little Children to Pull Off their Handlers’ Constitutional Coup d’Etat
June 25, 2021
One of the more disturbing tactics of the plaintiffs’ bar when advancing novel theories in mass tort and climate litigation is to put children in the vanguard of their pleading and media storm. The all-too-successful ploy draws media and public sympathy for what are otherwise meritless legal claims. This…
Good-bye, Morrison v. Olson
June 25, 2021
United States v. Arthrex, last week’s much-anticipated Supreme Court decision which concluded that the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board (PTAB) is unconstitutionally structured, is unlikely to have a major impact on PTAB operations. The Court “fixed” the constitutional violation by adding an extra step to the administrative review process,…
CDC Eviction Ban Extended, Tenant Advocates Cite Future Challenges
June 24, 2021
Less than a week before the nationwide eviction ban was set to expire, top health officials extended it for another 30 days to help tenants who are unable to pay rent during the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously scheduled to end on the last day of June, the moratorium will remain in…
CDC Makes Final Residential Eviction Moratorium Extension
June 24, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday extended its moratorium on residential evictions for one month, but said it expects the latest extension to be its last. The moratorium, which has been in place for upward of a year, had been set to expire June 30 and will…
Make University Administrators Pay and Watch Things Change
June 24, 2021
Virginia’s public universities are getting sued—and Virginia’s citizens are paying the price. This needs to change. Read the full article
In Arthrex, Justices Deal New Blow To Agency Independence
June 23, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision in U.S. v. Arthrex Inc . stripping administrative patent judges of final decision-making authority is a bombshell for the intellectual property world, but experts say it also blunts Congress' efforts to keep politics out of agency adjudications. The most likely agencies to be affected,…
High Court Powers Up Fannie-Freddie Case Hinged on Presidential Powers
June 23, 2021
Congress designed the Federal Housing Finance Agency in violation of separation-of-powers rules, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, putting wind in the sails of a shareholder class action against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac implicating billions of federal dollars. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders Patrick Collins, Marcus Liotta and William Hitchcock…