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NCLA Condemns Federal Trade Commission’s Inclusion of Untrue Claims in Federal Court Complaint
Washington, DC (December 6, 2022) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in its initial filing before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, has falsely accused Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. (PPO) and CEO Margrett Lewis of unlawfully marketing and selling a dietary supplement called COVID Resist. The problem for FTC is PPO and Ms. Lewis never…
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NCLA Amicus Brief Takes on SEC’s Arbitrary Calculations of Civil Penalties in Enforcement Cases
Washington, DC (November 30, 2022) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced record-breaking enforcement results, boasting a staggering $4.2 billion in civil penalties imposed during just the past fiscal year—the agency’s “highest on record.” It did so by using putatively “civil” law enforcement powers to seek and impose severe financial penalties—calculated using arbitrary and inconsistent multipliers—against American citizens…
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NCLA Sixth Circuit Appeal Asks Court to Halt Government-Directed Social Media Censorship
Washington, DC (November 29, 2022) – Biden Administration officials, including some within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have violated the First Amendment by directing social media companies to censor viewpoints that conflict with the government’s Covid-19 messaging. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, appealed Changizi, et al. v. HHS, et…
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NCLA Challenges SEC’s ‘Hotel California’ Administrative Adjudication Regime
Washington, DC (November 28, 2022) – Since 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been inspecting, investigating, and prosecuting Marian Young and her former investment business Saving2Retire, LLC, with no end in sight. SEC’s adjudication regime has deprived them of a jury trial and the Commission itself is now willfully refusing to decide their…
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SEC Fails to Provide Records After Enforcement Staff Illegally Accessed Privileged Documents
Washington, DC (November 28, 2022) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a Complaint alleging that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dragging its feet in providing access to records concerning “a control deficiency,” where agency enforcement staff illegally downloaded and gained access to privileged adjudicative documents. The agency has admitted this breach occurred in two…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Congress’s Unconstitutional State Tax Cut Ban
Washington, DC (November 22, 2022)—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision prohibiting the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing an unconstitutional “Tax Cut Ban” against the state of Tennessee. The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief in Commonwealth of Kentucky and State of Tennessee v. Janet Yellen, et al., contesting…
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