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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is currently facing a growing number of challenges related to the constitutionality of the agency’s structure and operation. One of these challenges was raised by current FTC...more
Following several complaints filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SpaceX has mounted a constitutional challenge against the structure of the NLRB. Specifically, SpaceX contends that NLRB administrative judges...more
In “Case” You Missed It is a new column by Balch & Bingham attorney Tripp DeMoss that briefly summarizes a recently issued decision by higher courts like the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama Supreme Court in cases of interest...more
The Supreme Court on June 27 issued its opinion in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy in which it held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment...more
In a much-watched case concerning the administrative state, on June 27, the Supreme Court decided in SEC v. Jarkesy that defendants facing a fraud suit by the SEC have a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in an Article...more
On November 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, a case in which the respondents are challenging the constitutionality of the SEC’s use of administrative...more
We have previously reported on Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 598 U.S. ____, 143 S. Ct. 890 (2023), a case involving the question whether parties seeking to undertake a transaction subject to FTC review...more
In recent years, independent agencies have continued to face a number of constitutional and statutory challenges before the Supreme Court. AMG Capital Management struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to obtain...more
The FTC and SEC have their own administrative dispute resolution regime, presided over by their own administrative judges (“ALJs”). Until now, those regimes were virtually immune from attack on a constitutional basis, because...more
On June 30, 2023, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal regarding the constitutionality of administrative proceedings in the case of George Jarkesy and Patriot28 LLC v. SEC, which could have important...more
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, agreed to hear the case of SEC v. Jarkesy.1 The case is an appeal of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision that held that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's...more
On June 2, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced modifications to its in-house adjudicative proceedings of agency challenges to mergers and acquisitions by reducing the decision-making power held by administrative law...more
In the past couple years, the Federal Trade Commission has gone 0 for 2 before the Supreme Court. In AMG, the Court found that Section 13(b) of the FTC Act does not provide the Commission with the authority to obtain...more
On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States opened the door for new challenges to the federal administrative state. In a unanimous decision in a pair of consolidated cases, Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade...more
Key Points - The U.S. Supreme Court held that litigants can bring constitutional challenges in federal district court against the FTC and SEC without fully exhausting administrative proceedings....more
On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a consolidated opinion in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran.[1] We previously covered the oral argument in these cases here. These cases address whether respondents...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) has experienced multiple recent setbacks with respect to its regulatory authority. Now a new dispute raises questions about whether hospital acquisitions with Certificate...more
In Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran, the respondents in administrative agency enforcement actions brought suit in federal district court, challenging the constitutionality of each respective agency’s attempt to...more
Our Securities Litigation Group analyzes the impact of the Axon and Cochran decisions on the use of administrative law judges (ALJs) and gleans clues about the future of direct listings from the Slack oral argument....more
A unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 14, 2023, is likely to have far-reaching implications for government agency tribunals. In consolidated cases involving constitutional challenges to two separate...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a procedural decision that has the potential to dismantle the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to litigate cases administratively. On April 14, 2023, the Supreme...more
Key Points - In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held in Axon v. FTC that the FTC Act (and the SEC Act) do not prohibit a federal court from hearing challenges to the constitutionality of either Commission’s...more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two related cases, Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear structural constitutional challenges to the...more
The Supreme Court recently handed a victory to employers by giving them more tools to challenge federal agencies during administrative proceedings. Employers likely know how daunting it can seem to challenge federal officials...more
On April 14, the Supreme Court unanimously held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to review constitutional challenges to the structures of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission...more