Same-sex marriage in the Sixth Circuit

NCLA Argues Against Unconstitutional and Dangerous Federal Government Control over State Taxes

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Monday, March 21, 2022

NCLA argues that Congresss attempt to arrogate state legislative powers to reduce taxes or otherwise change taxation policy violates several bedrock provisions of the U.S. Constitution that define and constrain federal lawmaking.

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  • NCLA argues that Congresss attempt to arrogate state legislative powers to reduce taxes or otherwise change taxation policy violates several bedrock provisions of the U.S. Constitution that define and constrain federal lawmaking.
  • Second, the federal government may not use spending conditions to direct the functioning of the state [government], and hence to compromise the structural framework of dual sovereignty.
  • By attempting to arrogate such control, Treasury intrudes on core state sovereignty, federalism, and the self-governance of Americans who vote for state officials who will be accountable for state tax policy.
  • NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State.

MI District Court Ruling Keeps MSU Vaccine Mandate in Place, NCLA Plans Appeal to Sixth Circuit

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The New Civil Liberties Alliance believes the Court erred, among other ways, in ruling that MSUs vaccine mandate survives rational basis review.

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  • The New Civil Liberties Alliance believes the Court erred, among other ways, in ruling that MSUs vaccine mandate survives rational basis review.
  • NCLA plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
  • The rationale MSU has offered means that it could mandate the vaccine for each employee every daybecause that would boost their antibody levels.
  • MSUs vaccine mandate requires all faculty, staff, and students to be fully vaccinated or obtain an approved exemption.

Job Creators Network Claims Victory for American Small Businesses As Biden Administration Pulls Employer Vaccine Mandate

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alfredo Ortiz , president and CEO of Job Creators Network , released the following statement in response to the Biden administration withdrawing its emergency employer vaccine mandate and ending litigation efforts in the Sixth Circuit:

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alfredo Ortiz , president and CEO of Job Creators Network , released the following statement in response to the Biden administration withdrawing its emergency employer vaccine mandate and ending litigation efforts in the Sixth Circuit:
    "Job Creators Network and American small businesses have defeated the Biden administration's illegal vaccine mandate that threatened to burden job creators with new costs and exacerbate the historic labor shortage.
  • JCN was first to petition the Supreme Court to block the rule, and we're pleased that the Biden administration has followed the court's ruling and JCN'srequests and scrapped this destructive mandate.
  • This is a great victory for American small businesses who can now focus on bringing the economy back."
  • JCN ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal calling on the Biden Administration to withdraw the mandate, click here to view the ad.

Michael Murphy of Ervin Cohen & Jessup Named to Los Angeles Business Journal's "Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s"

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Business Journal published its list of the "Leaders of Influence: Thriving in their 40's" today naming Ervin Cohen & Jessup Partner Michael Murphy .

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  • LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Business Journal published its list of the "Leaders of Influence: Thriving in their 40's" today naming Ervin Cohen & Jessup Partner Michael Murphy .
  • The Journal's Publisher and CEO says the feature highlights the top business professionals in Los Angeles who "demonstrate success inside business and throughout their communities."
  • Murphy, a Partner in the firm's Litigation Department , was recognized for his work on matters involving corporate governance disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, fraud, real estate, defamation, the anti-SLAPP statute, and trademark litigation.
  • Murphy has a deep commitment to his community, which involves extensive participation in non-profit governance, fundraising and consulting.

NCLA Amicus Brief Challenges OSHA’s Vaccinate-or-Test Requirement for Private Employees

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

NCLA had urged the Fifth Circuits stay in a prior amicus brief .

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  • NCLA had urged the Fifth Circuits stay in a prior amicus brief .
  • NCLAs brief reminds the court that an executive agency may not issue regulations to resolve major questions of economic and political significance.
  • NCLA argues that the Sixth Circuit must prevent OSHA from wielding legislative power and thus may not defer to OSHAs factual conclusions and legal interpretations.
  • NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State.

Wolters Kluwer Releases New Data on Vaccine and Mask Mandates, Vaccine Passports and Employer Liability Protections in All 50 States As COVID-19 Cases Grow

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Vaccine Mandate: On Monday, November 29, a federal judge blocked , through a preliminary injunction, a coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states.

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  • Vaccine Mandate: On Monday, November 29, a federal judge blocked , through a preliminary injunction, a coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states.
  • On Monday, November 29, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request for an injunction against a hospital's coronavirus vaccine policy.
  • "When a state does not have a mask mandate, a city within that state may impose a mask mandate independently.
  • For more information about Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., visit www.WoltersKluwerLR.com , follow us on LinkedIn , Facebook and Twitter .

Job Creators Network Files Notice With Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Sends Letter to President Biden Regarding the White House's Continued Bullying of Small Business Owners to Comply With Employer Vaccine Mandate

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Monday, November 22, 2021

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, the Job Creators Network filed a notice with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and sent a letter to President Biden regarding the White House's continued bullying of small business owners to comply withits employer vaccine mandate.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, the Job Creators Network filed a notice with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and sent a letter to President Biden regarding the White House's continued bullying of small business owners to comply withits employer vaccine mandate.
  • The notice to the Sixth Circuit informs the Court of the White House's actions and urges it to promptly hear and resolve the legal challenges to the mandate given these actions.
  • JCN filed a lawsuit, along with several of its member co-plaintiffs, to block this illegal employer vaccine mandate.
  • Last Friday, Job Creators Network officially notified the court of the White House's inappropriate pressure and calls for a prompt final resolution of the mandate challenge.

NCLA Files Appeal in Lawsuit Challenging Transportation Secretary Buttigieg’s ‘Gotcha’ Investigations

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

NCLAs appeal against Secretary Buttigieg in his official capacity pushes back against the agencys efforts to eliminate due process rights for defendants in its enforcement actions.

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  • NCLAs appeal against Secretary Buttigieg in his official capacity pushes back against the agencys efforts to eliminate due process rights for defendants in its enforcement actions.
  • NCLA represents Polyweave Packaging, Inc., a Delaware corporation that makes packaging for the safe transportation of hazardous materials.
  • In March 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) served Polyweave a civil-penalty order for alleged regulatory violations.
  • The court also mistakenly held that the Secretary has absolute power to revise or rescind any enforcement-related regulations.

NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Sixth Circuit to Uphold Decision Setting Aside ARPA’s Ban on State Tax Cuts

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

NCLA argues that, whatever else the Constitution permits, state taxation must remain firmly in the unfettered hands of locally elected legislatures.

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  • NCLA argues that, whatever else the Constitution permits, state taxation must remain firmly in the unfettered hands of locally elected legislatures.
  • NCLA had filed an amicus brief in support of Ohio in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
  • Last month, Treasury filed an appeal in the Sixth Circuit, asking the court to reverse the injunction barring the Tax Cut Ban.
  • NCLA released the following statements:
    Congress has no power to dictate state tax policy, and Treasury has no auditing control over state finances.

Levine Lee LLP Elects Chad Albert To Partnership

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Levine Lee LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected Chad P. Albert to the partnership, effective October 1, 2021.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Levine Lee LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected Chad P. Albert to the partnership, effective October 1, 2021.
  • Levine Lee LLP is a prominent litigation boutique based inNew York City.
  • Seth L. Levine, a partner of the firm, noted: "Chad has demonstrated through creative and persistent advocacy that he will carry on in the finest traditions of the firm in representing the firm's clients.
  • He joined Levine Lee from Covington & Burling LLP, where he was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office.Mr.