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DC Circuit Reminds the NLRB that a Weingarten Request Requires a “Request”

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In Circus Circus Casinos Inc. v. NLRB, No. 18-1201 (June 12, 2020), the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied the National Labor Relations Board’s cross-application for enforcement of its decision,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SCOTUS to consider Collins cert petitions on Jan. 10

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At its conference this Friday, January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the plaintiffs in Collins v. Mnuchin and the petition filed by the FHFA and Treasury...more

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Supreme Court Places Another Limitation on Chevron Deference

The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States have again limited the reach of Chevron deference. On May 28, 2019, the Court in Smith v. Berryhill carved another exception into what has lately proven to be its...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Smith v. Berryhill

On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Smith v. Berryhill, holding a dismissal by the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council on timeliness grounds after a claimant has had an administrative law judge...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharm....

Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Akron, Inc. petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of various patents owned by Allergan, Inc., which the Board instituted. One week before the scheduled IPR...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions: Wi-Fi One v. Broadcom, 878 F.3D 1364 (FED....

Broadcom sought inter partes review of three patents owned by Wi-Fi One. In response to Broadcom’s petitions, Wi-Fi One argued that the IPR was barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) because Broadcom was in privity with certain...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Culbertson v. Berryhill

On January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Culbertson v. Berryhill, No. 17-773, holding that the Social Security Act permits an attorney fee award greater than 25 percent of the claimant’s past-due...more

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SEC Proceedings Face Uncertainty After Supreme Court Holds ALJs Unconstitutional

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After much anticipation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

ALJs Could Get Political With New Executive Order

The new executive order (EO) granting agency chiefs the power to hire administrative law judges (ALJs) according to their own standards—and eliminating the exam and competitive hiring process formerly in place—could turn the...more

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Nantkwest v. Iancu

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Federal Circuit Summary - En Banc (excl. Chen), Opinion for the court filed by Stoll, joined by Newman, Lourie, Moore, O’Malley, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Federal Circuit Denies PTO Attorneys’ Fees

On July 27, 2018, the Federal Circuit ruled that a patent applicant’s obligation to pay the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) “expenses” for district court proceedings to review patent application rejections does not...more

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Lack of Presidential Appointment May Invalidate ALJ Decisions

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In one of its last opinions of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Lucia v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 21, 2018, that administrative law judges (ALJs) are officers of the United States, not...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Lucia Is Likely To Have Little Impact On Waning FCC Adjudications

During its most recent Term, the Supreme Court held in Lucia v. SEC that the administrative law judges (“ALJs”) that preside over adjudications at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are “Officers of the United...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

3 Key Defense Arguments For Post-Lucia SEC Proceedings

Orrick's Andrew Morris and Ben Aiken co-authored an article for Law360 in which they identify three of the most significant defense arguments for respondents in SEC administrative actions in light of the Supreme Court's...more

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Supreme Court Set to Rule on Constitutionality of SEC’s ALJs

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In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lucia v. SEC to resolve the federal circuit court split on whether the SEC’s administrative law judges (ALJs) are "inferior officers" of the United States who must be...more

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SEC Administrative Law Judges: Key Takeaways and Lingering Questions from Lucia v. SEC

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On June 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court resolved a circuit split on the question of whether administrative law judges (“ALJs”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) qualify as...more

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What does the Supreme Court’s Lucia decision mean for the CFPB and federal banking agencies?

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In its June 21 decision in Lucia v. Securities & Exchange Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that administrative law judges (ALJs) used by the SEC are “Officers of the United States” under the Appointments Clause in...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds SEC's Staff Appointments for Administrative Law Judge Unconstitutional

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In Lucia v. SEC, the U.S. Supreme Court made things messy for the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") by vindicating constitutional concerns over the agency's use of administrative law judges. The Court concluded that...more

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Supreme Court Offers Others a Chance for a Second Bite at the Apple in Federal Administrative Adjudication Proceedings – But the...

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On June 21, 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lucia et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, [1] that the appointment of certain administrative law judges (“ALJs”) was unconstitutional, and that those with matters...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court Rules the SEC’s Procedure for Appointing Administrative Law Judges Violates the Constitution’s Appointments Clause

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court in Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. SEC, held that the SEC’s administrative law judges are “Officers of the United States” whose appointment must comport with the requirements of the...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Supreme Court Throws Out SEC Administrative Law Judge Process

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On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the process that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") had been using to appoint administrative law judges. Staff from the SEC had selected...more

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Supreme Court Holds That SEC’s Administrative Law Judges Were Unconstitutionally Appointed

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently held, in Lucia v. SEC,1 that Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) are officers of the United States who must be appointed...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Lucia Leaves Many Important Questions Unanswered

In Lucia v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Elena Kagan, writing for a six-justice majority, presents the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision as both narrow and uncomplicated. “The sole question” the court chose to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SCOTUS Overturns SEC Judge Appointments: What You Need to Know

Many cases involving federal regulatory law are largely decided by judges appointed by the staffs of federal agencies—administrative law judges (ALJs). In a case closely watched for its securities and white-collar crime...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Government Agencies Face Uncertainty After Supreme Court Rules That SEC ALJs Must Be Appointed

• SEC ALJs are “Officers of the United States” within the meaning of the Appointments Clause and therefore must be appointed directly by the SEC. The Court’s decision may permit litigants in prior and pending administrative...more

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