November 04, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday in a case from law enforcement supplier Axon Enterprise challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission to decide if the claims should be considered before or after a lengthy agency administrative process.
September 30, 2022
Intellectual property attorneys may not be automatically drawn to pretrial decisions in antitrust cases or discovery issues in multidistrict litigation over misusing data, but in this new series, Law360 breaks down why five seemingly irrelevant cases are worth your time.
August 09, 2022
Congress never intended federal district courts to hear constitutional challenges to administrative law proceedings like those before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, and allowing those courts to do so would be a waste of judicial resources, government attorneys told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
July 07, 2022
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday threw its support behind a Texas accountant who says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative law judges are unconstitutionally protected from removal, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that proceedings before the agency can pose an "existential threat" for businesses.
July 01, 2022
A Texas accountant who asserts that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative law judges are unconstitutionally protected from removal has told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal district courts are the proper forum for the type of enforcement action she faces.
June 02, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar's request to consolidate briefing schedules for two cases challenging the constitutionality of activities by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 20, 2022
The government asked the U.S. Supreme Court to coordinate briefing schedules for a pair of cases seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but it said the cases should be argued separately.
May 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the case of an accountant who claims the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house administrative law judges are unconstitutionally protected from removal.
March 30, 2022
A nonprofit civil rights organization wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that its client can challenge the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative legal proceedings, rebutting the agency's attempts to pause the case until the court opines on a similar lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission.