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
Welcome to our third issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! We are winding down the summer with our talented group of law students and they have continued to research and write, shadow...more
Under the Chevron doctrine, FDA and other agencies had significant flexibility to set policy where Congress left a gap or failed to speak clearly when enacting legislation—a common occurrence given the at-times sparse...more
In a landmark decision on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old legal precedent known as Chevron deference. Established in 1984, Chevron deference mandated that judges defer to federal agencies concerning...more
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
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
“Chevron is overruled.” The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and its companion case, Relentless v. Department of Commerce, will have enormous effects on the healthcare sector....more
On June 28, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, under which courts generally granted deference to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous...more
The US Supreme Court has overruled the longstanding Chevron doctrine, an administrative law doctrine that required courts to defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Loper Bright Enterprises v....more