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The Texas Blockchain Council has opened a new front in the cryptocurrency industry's battle over regulations by submitting a friend of the court brief to a case challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) policy of requiring silence in all settlement agreements.
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Brady Dale, Axios, 11 July 2024
In June, Durbin tried to pass Whitehouse’s stalled bill codifying for the Supreme Court a code of conduct, gifts reporting, recusal standards and disclosures about friend of the court briefs.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Downwind states such as Maryland, New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania filed a friend of the court brief in the case, saying pollution that wafts into their states from upwind sources has major health consequences for their residents.
—Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During arguments before Cannon on Friday, Trump’s defense lawyers aided by outside attorneys invited by the judge — known as friends of the court — jumped at the chance to pick at the arcane laws and regulations authorizing the special counsel appointments over the years.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The judge’s decision was a win for Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and several other state attorneys general, who had filed as friends of the court arguing that the district court made an error in not considering whether the complaint provided an exemption to federal immunity law.
—José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
Members of Congress, former Department of Homeland Security officials and former consular officers were among the dozens of parties who submitted friend of the court briefs in support of Muñoz and Acensio and who called on the court to uphold basic due process protections.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The groups say in a friend of the court, or amicus, brief that the selection criteria for the internship do not include race or ethnicity and that application materials do not limit entry to any race or ethnicity.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Painter, a former top Republican White House ethics lawyer, was one of 17 former prosecutors and defense attorneys who wrote in a recent friend of the court brief that no evidence exists for disqualification.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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Brady Dale, Axios, 11 July 2024
In June, Durbin tried to pass Whitehouse’s stalled bill codifying for the Supreme Court a code of conduct, gifts reporting, recusal standards and disclosures about friend of the court briefs.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Downwind states such as Maryland, New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania filed a friend of the court brief in the case, saying pollution that wafts into their states from upwind sources has major health consequences for their residents.
—Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During arguments before Cannon on Friday, Trump’s defense lawyers aided by outside attorneys invited by the judge — known as friends of the court — jumped at the chance to pick at the arcane laws and regulations authorizing the special counsel appointments over the years.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The judge’s decision was a win for Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and several other state attorneys general, who had filed as friends of the court arguing that the district court made an error in not considering whether the complaint provided an exemption to federal immunity law.
—José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
Members of Congress, former Department of Homeland Security officials and former consular officers were among the dozens of parties who submitted friend of the court briefs in support of Muñoz and Acensio and who called on the court to uphold basic due process protections.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The groups say in a friend of the court, or amicus, brief that the selection criteria for the internship do not include race or ethnicity and that application materials do not limit entry to any race or ethnicity.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Painter, a former top Republican White House ethics lawyer, was one of 17 former prosecutors and defense attorneys who wrote in a recent friend of the court brief that no evidence exists for disqualification.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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