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Business Owners Rejected by SJC Now Want Supreme Court to Review Baker’s Use of Emergency Powers During COVID Pandemic
May 10, 2021
A group of business owners who unsuccessfully sought last year to overturn Governor Charlie Baker’s emergency powers during the pandemic is petitioning the Supreme Court to review the case, according to its lawyer, potentially extending what’s been a year-long challenge to the Republican governor’s authority. Michael P. DeGrandis, an attorney with…
IRS Never Received Couple's Tax Refund Bid, Fed. Circ. Told
May 10, 2021
The Federal Circuit should affirm the dismissal of a couple's suit that says they're owed a tax refund, the U.S. said Monday, because the IRS never received their claim, and testimony that... Published by Law 360
Plaintiffs Want Supreme Court To Hear Case On MA COVID-19 Orders
May 10, 2021
Ten plaintiffs asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review December's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling upholding Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's executive orders that placed restrictions on businesses and residents during the coronavirus pandemic. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents the small business owners, the head of a private school…
Group Files Lawsuit Against Gov. Baker over COVID-19 Executive Orders
May 10, 2021
A group of small businesses and churches is pushing forward in their legal battle to get emergency powers stripped away from Governor Charlie Baker. This group claims the governor is overstepping his authority in issuing executive orders related to COVID-19. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of church pastors…
Petition Will Seek Supreme Court Review Of Baker Pandemic Restrictions
May 10, 2021
The plaintiffs in an unsuccessful lawsuit that sought to overturn many of Gov. Charlie Baker's executive orders that put business and other gathering restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case. The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Monday that it was…
Supreme Court Agrees with NCLA and Cuts Back the FTC’s Power Grab Through Section 13(b)
May 6, 2021
The Supreme Court in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC vastly cut back the FTC’s ability to freeze and then seize its targets' assets to the tune of billions of dollars. NCLA filed an amicus brief on behalf of AMG and the Court largely adopted our view of the…
Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
May 6, 2021
A D.C. federal judge has vacated the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's nationwide eviction ban, Pfizer and BioNTech must face claims they poached research technology while testing their COVID-19 vaccine, and Kentucky's attorney general has a green light from the Sixth Circuit to continue price-gouging probes into Amazon…
Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC’s National Eviction Moratorium, Appeal Immediately Filed
May 5, 2021
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., struck down Wednesday the national eviction moratorium issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last fall, imperiling millions of renters who have suffered financially because of the coronavirus. The Department of Justice appealed the ruling and filed for an emergency stay…
Judge Overturns Federal Moratorium on Pandemic-Era Evictions
May 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down the nationwide halt on evictions, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority to help millions of renting Americans who were pushed out of work with the outbreak of Covid-19. “It is the role of the political branches, and…