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The 2023 Term of the Supreme Court: Administrative and Regulatory Law Rulings

It is instructive to review the Supreme Court’s record in its most recent term, concentrating on regulatory and administrative law cases, which are usually back-burner issues. But not this term....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Decisions Curtail Regulatory Agencies’ Powers, Making It Easier To Challenge Rules

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

Pillsbury - PFAS Observer

The End of Chevron Deference Could Spell Trouble for EPA’s PFAS “Hazardous Substance” Rule

A recent Supreme Court ruling could further jeopardize EPA’s PFAS hazardous substance designation, as the agency is attempting to advance a novel use of delegated legislative authority to further regulate PFAS chemicals....more

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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

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Loper Bright and Massachusetts Environmental Law: Navigating the Boundaries of Federal and State Authority

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While the SCOTUS’s Loper Bright Enterprises et al. (Loper) decision reversing Chevron was a win for those seeking to rein in the administrative state at the federal level, it does not sound the death knell for Massachusetts...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Some Evidence that Deference to Agency Technical Decisions May Survive Loper-Bright

Late last month, I noted that the overturning of Chevron did not mean the end of judicial deference to agency expertise. Earlier this week, a decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals provided some confirmation that...more

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The Chevron Doctrine Overturned: Implications for U.S. Regulatory Landscape

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In general, courts—not the legislative or executive branches of government—interpret the law. But since 1984, the Supreme Court required federal courts to disregard their own interpretation of ambiguous federal statutes....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Does Loper-Bright Mean the End of Deference to Agency Expertise?

Greenwire (subscription required) had an article yesterday with the breathless headline “Post-Chevron era tests courts’ readiness to tackle science.” The article noted that, in the recent Supreme Court decision in Ohio v....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 7, July 2024

Welcome to the seventh 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. There are less than six months left for companies formed before January 1, 2024 to file their initial beneficial owner report...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Chevron, Energy and the Pivotal Shift

The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the Chevron doctrine, a significant legal principle established by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. For 40 years, lower courts have relied on the Chevron...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: How Recent Supreme Court Decisions May Impact EHS Agencies and Regulations

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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

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The Supreme Court Changes Basic Tenets of Administrative Law - Complicating the Environmental Protection Agency’s Ability to...

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In a trio of cases, the Supreme Court has changed the balance of power between courts and federal agencies. The combination of these three cases will likely lead to significant litigation in multiple courts, repeated...more

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SCOTUS Overrules Chevron and Opens Door to More Challenges Under APA: Environmental Law Implications of Loper Bright and Corner...

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions at the end of its term impacting environmental law. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court held that courts must exercise independent judgment when determining if an...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - June 2024 #4

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

K&L Gates LLP

Down Goes Chevron—Environmental Challenges Will Soon Follow

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On Friday, 28 June 2024, the US Supreme Court released its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce (collectively Loper Bright), overturning Chevron v. Natural Resources...more

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Chevron Overruled - The Widespread Impact Might Just Surprise You

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The Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference given to administrative agency actions in an opinion released last week. On June 28, 2024, the court held that federal courts no longer must...more

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The End of the Chevron Doctrine: an Environmental Law Watershed?

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The US Supreme Court’s opinion in the Loper Bright v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Commerce cases overruling the rule of deference to agency interpretations of federal statutes established by its decision 40 years ago in...more

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The Death of the Chevron Doctrine: What Next?

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This past week was monumental for those subject to regulation by Federal administrative agencies. Over the course of 24 hours, the Supreme Court issued two rulings that have extensive implications for administrative agency...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

Supreme Court Decides Judges, Not Agencies, Will Interpret the Law

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ____ (2024). the Supreme Court overturned Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 467 U.S. 837 (1984). In so doing, the Court affirmed the fundamental...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Supreme Court Curtails Agency Power By Overturning Chevron Deference

On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning “Chevron deference,” a tool for interpreting ambiguous statutes administered by administrative agencies. The 40-year-old Chevron doctrine held...more

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In Blow to Federal Agency Powers, SCOTUS Overturns Chevron

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On Friday, June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed decades of increased federal executive agency power by overturning the longstanding deference to agency interpretations of statutes that resulted from...more

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Nine Questions, Nine Answers: The Supreme Court’s Decision Overruling ‘Chevron Deference’

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On the second-to-last day of its term, the US Supreme Court issued its decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce. These decisions overruled Chevron USA. v. National Resource...more

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Supreme Court Upends Chevron Doctrine in Landmark Decision

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, and a companion case entitled Relentless, Inc. v. Raimondo, that upended a 40-year-old paradigm of judicial review of federal...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: End of an Era: The Supreme Court Reverses Chevron

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At the tail end of the 2023–24 term, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce—reversing the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine....more

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Chevron is Overruled: Supreme Court Abandons Key Regulatory Precedent

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Four decades after the Supreme Court’s foundational decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Court has abandoned the rule established in that case: that courts should defer to executive agencies’...more

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