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NCLA Asks Ninth Circuit to End SEC’s Illegal Gag Rule Against Targets of Settled Enforcement Cases
Washington, DC (June 18, 2024) – Last night, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an opening brief in Powell, et al. v. SEC, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to vacate SEC’s refusal to amend its “Gag Rule.” NCLA represents SEC enforcement targets silenced by the Gag Rule and media organizations…
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NCLA Asks Supreme Court to Force U.S. Patent Office Back to Using Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking
Washington, DC (June 17, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Chestek PLLC v. Vidal and stop the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from eschewing notice-and-comment rulemaking. PTO should not be issuing rules that profoundly affect the economy without public input or considering…
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NCLA Asks Eighth Circuit to Vacate SEC’s Unconstitutional New Climate Disclosure Rules
Washington, DC (June 17, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a joint opening brief in National Center for Public Policy Research v. SEC, urging the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside new SEC rules requiring public companies to make extensive climate-related disclosures. NCLA’s challenge to the SEC rules is…
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In NCLA’s Bump-Stock Ban Case, U.S. Supreme Court Rules ATF Cannot Alter a Statute’s Meaning
Washington, DC (June 14, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the New Civil Liberties Alliance case of Garland v. Cargill that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ unilateral bump-stock ban conflicts with the federal statute defining “machineguns.” ATF’s regulatory ban, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Overturns NLRB-Specific Preliminary Injunction Standard
Washington, DC (June 13, 2024) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, overturning a deferential legal standard that has allowed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enjoin a company’s conduct without showing that it likely broke the law. Justice Thomas authored the Court’s opinion. Justice Jackson provided…
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NCLA Asks Court to Stop DOL’s Illegal Undermining of Longstanding Wage and Overtime Exemption
Washington, DC (June 12, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a brief in Flint Avenue v. Department of Labor urging the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to grant a stay or preliminary injunction halting an unconstitutional new DOL rule. The rule sets a salary-based standard for determining whether…
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