On October 16, 2024, the Bank Policy Institute and the Clearing House Association filed a motion to intervene in Corner Post, Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court sided...more
In our recent post, “As Chevron Goes, So Goes the Sentencing Guidelines”, we discussed the possible ramifications the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright might have on the Sentencing Guidelines going forward. Namely,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overruled a 40-year-old case (Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.) that required courts to defer to agencies'...more
When legal historians look back on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 term, the most eye-popping decisions will almost certainly be the immunity and ballot access claims lodged by former President Trump. Those opinions are,...more
In this edition of Insights, we take a closer look at the megadeals and sponsor transactions driving recent M&A activity, the importance of staying ahead of the risks in AI development and deployment, and other diverse...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 term is another chapter in the Roberts Court’s trend of shifting power away from administrative agencies and into the hands of courts....more
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
Since 1984, citation to Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council ("Chevron") has meant that courts should defer to an agency's interpretations of an ambiguous statute—as long as the agency's interpretation is...more
A win for business. The Supreme Court ends Chevron Deference in a spate of recent decisions limiting administrative authority and assisting regulated parties in challenging agency rulemaking. Loper Bright and Relentless-...more
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
The 2023-2024 Term of the United States Supreme Court will undoubtedly have far-reaching implications in a number of areas, but perhaps most significantly—at least for regular readers of the OSHA Defense Report blog—with...more
At the end of the 2024 term, the executive branch struck out when the US Supreme Court issued three separate decisions along ideological lines that have the potential to materially weaken the enforcement authority of federal...more
Why are environmental professionals talking about the Federal Reserve Board? Because the Supreme Court, on July 1, 2024, ruled that the APA’s six-year statute of limitations (SOL) for facial challenges to agency regulations...more
Over the last few weeks, the Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions that are each significant in their own right, but, together, will drastically reshape the future of litigation against administrative agencies—and...more
Just in time to celebrate our Nation’s birthday, the United States Supreme Court brought out its hammer to again chip away at the administrative state in two landmark decisions: Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo,...more
Upon closing its October 2023 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two significant opinions – despite neither being a tax case – that will have broad consequences for taxpayers seeking to challenge tax regulations and other...more
The Supreme Court has now concluded its most recent term, and in its final two days handed down two decisions with major implications in the area of administrative law (each by a 6-3 margin). And while their precise...more
The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more
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
The Supreme Court’s recent term is likely to be remembered as one that significantly affected the long-standing roles and responsibilities of federal agencies, including the deference afforded to their interpretations of...more
In its last opinion of this term, the US Supreme Court in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System significantly extended the timeframe in which courts can review certain current and future regulations....more
In Garland v. Cargill, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority by issuing a rule that classifies bump stocks as “machineguns” under the...more
A Historic Term for Administrative Law - This month we wrote extensively on both the Loper Bright/Relentless decisions, which overturned the Chevron doctrine, and the Jarkesy decision, which dealt a significant blow to the...more
On June 28, 2024, in an anticipated but significant decision, the Supreme Court of the United States overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), which required courts to...more
Recent Supreme Court administrative law rulings change the power dynamic between the executive and the judiciary in critical areas of statutory interpretation, enforcement, and immunity from legal challenge....more