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State of Washington v. DD and US Dept. of State
Legionnaires, On May 8, DD filed a response to the blue state attempt to dismiss their 2018 action against us and the State Department in Seattle. A funny thing about this phase of the appeal: Should the states succeed in dismissing the case as moot, our original publication license from the State Department reactivates. As […]
05.11.20
05.05.20
Fifth Circuit Update
Legionnaires, Yesterday the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Defense Distributed v. Grewal, No. 19-50723. You may listen to the recording here. This morning the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit in the most recent ITAR case AG Ferguson and company brought in Washington (State of […]
04.22.20
DD Appellate Actions
Legionnaires, Our many legal actions proceed apace: In Defense Distributed v. Grewal, No. 1:18-cv-00637-RP (W.D. Tex.) and No. 19-50723 (5th Cir.), the Fifth Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for May 4th. AG Grewal attempted to delay the date with a vague appeal to legal emergencies related to Covid (I have written about this tactic elsewhere), […]
04.15.20
DEFCAD 2020
Legionnaires, Thank you for making DEFCAD’s March relaunch such a success. We’ve signed up thousands of new members and transferred even more files. It’s a good time to launch a digital product in this country. You may have seen rumblings online from the nation’s many attorneys general that the operation of our site is somehow […]
03.27.20
Contract Y and DEFCAD
Legionnaires, I bring you good tidings. As you head into your weekend lockdowns, I’d like to mark a special occasion. DD resumed shipments of the Ghost Gunner 3 this week. Global supply lines would appear to be stabilizing since February, and DD doesn’t expect further manufacturing interruptions or delays. And a special note on Contract […]