by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 19, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (March 19, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed an amicus brief on behalf of petitioners in George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. NCLA is asking the U.S....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
The Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits filed in federal court. Federal officials have never liked it when the target of a federal enforcement action insists on a jury trial; they apparently fear that...
by NCLA | Jan 9, 2019 | In the News
“(Reuters) – Adding to mounting conservative criticism of a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that prohibits people who settle with the commission from thereafter denying the government’s allegations, the libertarian Cato Institute sued the SEC...