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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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The sky is not falling

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This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the Chevron deference in a 6–3 decision, holding that “Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority.” As...more

Holland & Knight LLP

What's Next for the Regulatory Landscape Post-Chevron?

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For nearly 40 years and in more than 18,000 judicial opinions, federal courts have used the Chevron doctrine to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions Could Dramatically Impact Health Care Regulatory Challenges at the Federal and State Levels

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For nearly 40 years, federal courts have been required to defer to an agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute, even if the court did not agree with that interpretation. This deference, commonly referred to as Chevron...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FDA: The Effects of Loper on the Regulatory Agenda

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The Supreme Court’s decision in June 2024 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce to overrule the Chevron doctrine has major implications for every administrative agency,...more

Lathrop GPM

EPA’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rule at Risk Without Chevron Deference

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The US Supreme Court’s June 28 decision to end judicial deference to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of laws comes at a pivotal time for new regulations related to “forever chemicals”—per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Alters the Administrative State: Loper and Relentless Decision Shifts Authority from Administrative Agencies and...

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It goes without saying that the actions of federal regulatory agencies greatly affect many essential aspects of our daily lives, among them the delivery of medical services, medicines, and therapeutic devices and the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The End of the Chevron Doctrine and the Reassertion of Judicial Primacy in Reviewing Federal Regulatory Actions

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In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resource Defense Council, reversing a lower court ruling that set aside EPA’s Clean Air Act “bubble policy” of providing regulatory relief from...more

Cooley LLP

In Corner Post, SCOTUS takes another swipe at the administrative state

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This term, SCOTUS delivered two big wallops to the administrative state in the decisions eliminating Chevron deference (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept of Commerce, see this Pubco post) and...more

Venable LLP

Supreme Court's Chevron Decision and Its Implications for AI Regulation

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On June 28, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on Chevron deference through its rulings on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce. These decisions reversed the...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

The (Potential) Bright Side of Loper Bright for the Long-Term Care Industry

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court made a sharp about-face from a doctrine that has governed administrative law for decades, overruling the “Chevron deference” doctrine with its decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v....more

Hogan Lovells

Chevron’s demise brings promises & perils for life sciences companies

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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its highly anticipated decision overturning the 40-year old doctrine established in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which recognized judicial deference to administrative...more

ArentFox Schiff

Post-Chevron Health Care Regulations: The Dawn of a New Day

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On June 28, the US Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine — the legal principle that the judiciary should defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Chevron reflected the view...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

A Brave New World: The Supreme Court Torpedoes the 'Administrative State'

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The Supreme Court is at war with the “administrative state.” In three major cases decided at the end of the Supreme Court’s last term, the Court decided against the administrative state, reducing the powers of administrative...more

Rumberger | Kirk

SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Deference – With Immediate Impact

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On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo that overturned the “Chevron deference” standard laid out in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Supreme Court Overturns Chevron, Bringing Clarity to Whether the District Courts or Federal Agencies Interpret Ambiguous...

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The Supreme Court recently a long-standing doctrine established by the 1984 decision, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The Court returned the duty of interpreting ambiguous statutory provisions involving federal...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court Overturned Chevron: What That Means for the NLRB

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, Nos. 21-5166/22-1219, (June 28, 2024) overturning the Chevron doctrine left open the future...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Supreme Court’s Latest Rulings on Administrative Agencies: Implications for ‎Consumer Product Companies

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In the final week of this year’s Supreme Court term, the Court issued several decisions that alter the role of federal agencies in the way laws are interpreted and enforced, and thus the way that business will be done in the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Demise of Chevron: Key Takeaways

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule its 1984 Chevron opinion means that when reviewing agency interpretation of a statute, courts now must exercise their independent judgment as to whether an agency acted...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Chevron Is Out of Gas: The End of Deference to Agency Interpretations

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Chevron is out of gas. For the past 40 years, Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council (Chevron), was the seminal case of administrative law holding that federal courts defer to agency’s interpretations of...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Fall of the Chevron Doctrine: Implications for Ports and Maritime Clients

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Over the last forty years the Chevron doctrine, established by the Supreme Court in Chevron U.S.A, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), has been a pillar of administrative law in the United...more

Genova Burns LLC

Chevron’s Passing Likely to Reshape Labor and Employment Law as SCOTUS Questions Presumption of Agency Subject Matter Expertise

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On June 28, 2024 the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old landmark ruling known as Chevron, a doctrine of administrative law that has until now required courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court’s Overruling of Chevron Deference to Administrative Agencies’ Interpretations of Statutes Will Invite More...

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In the consolidated cases Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron v. NRDC, the 1984 case that established the...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Floodgates Have Opened: Supreme Court Scuttles Chevron, Brings New Uncertainty to Regulated Industries

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For forty years, Chevron has put a thumb on the scales in favor of the executive agencies whenever their decisions were challenged in court. Now, the Supreme Court has overturned that longstanding precedent, issuing its...more

Morgan Lewis

Life Sciences Post-Chevron: Navigating the Range of Legal and Regulatory Challenges Raised by Loper Bright

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The US Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, which overrules the longstanding Chevron doctrine that required federal courts to defer to administrative...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

“Chevron is overruled”: Key Takeaways and Implications for the FDA and the Life Sciences Industry

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally declared “Chevron is overruled.” In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce,1 the 6-3 majority dismantled the administrative...more

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