Press Releases
NCLA Asks Second Circuit to Strike Down New Ethics Rule Muzzling Connecticut Attorneys’ Speech
Washington, DC (February 27, 2023) – Mario Cerame and Tim Moynahan, two Connecticut-licensed attorneys, are challenging a recently adopted provision of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct, which imposes a content- and viewpoint-based speech restriction. Rule ...
In NCLA Win, Fifth Circuit Tosses Back NMFS Rule Trying to Track Charter Boats Without a Warrant
Washington, DC (February 23, 2023) – In a landmark win for charter boat fishermen across the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has set aside a controversial Final Rule issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which required ...
NCLA Warns Dept. of Education that Proposed Student-Loan Plan Lacks Congressional Appropriation
Washington, DC (February 14, 2023) – The U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule “Improving Income-Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program” represents the latest effort to achieve through administrative fiat a massive and untargeted ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Supports Doctors’ Suits Against California Law Censoring Covid Medical Advice
Washington, DC (February 10, 2023) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of plaintiffs challenging a California law. Assembly Bill 2098 empowers the Medical Board of California to ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Challenges CPSC’s Unconstitutional Shielding of Commissioners from Removal
Washington, DC (February 8, 2023) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in Window Covering Manufacturers Association v. CPSC, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) is ...
NCLA Contests Motion to Dismiss Suit Challenging IRS’s Unlawful Collection of Cryptocurrency Data
Washington, DC (February 7, 2023) – James Harper stands among thousands of victims of an extensive, unlawful Internal Revenue Service fishing expedition, whereby IRS seized financial records from a cryptocurrency exchange through abuse of a “John Doe” summons without ...
NCLA Asks Federal Court to Dismiss Unconstitutional Lawsuit FTC Has No Authority to Bring
Washington, DC (February 6, 2023) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed a Motion to Dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. (PPO), a California-based company which, ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Argues States Have Standing to Challenge Student Loan Debt Cancellation Plan
Washington, DC (February 3, 2023) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court today supporting two cases challenging the Biden Administration’s unlawful student loan debt ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Condemns CFTC’s Arbitrary and Capricious “Switcheroo” on PredictIt Market
Washington, DC (February 1, 2023) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an amicus curiae brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the court to confront a recurring scourge in administrative ...
Rhode Island Oral Surgeon Continues Battling Government Retaliation over Opposing Vaccine Mandate
Washington, DC (January 30, 2023) – The State of Rhode Island unlawfully prevented Dr. Stephen Skoly from practicing critically needed dental care in retaliation for his public opposition to the temporary emergency regulation mandating that “all health care workers and ...
Sixth Circuit Vacates Penalty Against NCLA Client, Sends Case Back to Dept. of Transportation
Washington, DC (January 27, 2023) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today issued a ruling in Polyweave Packaging v. U.S. Dept. of Transportation to vacate the civil penalty against Polyweave Packaging, Inc. and remand back to the U.S. Department of ...
California Judge Grants Injunction to NCLA Clients, Halts Implementation of Law Censoring Doctors
Washington, DC (January 25, 2023) – Senior Judge William B. Shubb of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California today granted NCLA’s motion for preliminary injunction in Høeg, et al. v. Newsom, et al. He held that plaintiffs have standing to bring a ...
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