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Fifth Circuit Appears Skeptical of Invalidating ESG Rule Despite the Fall of Chevron

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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel appeared skeptical during oral arguments in which conservative states and Texas-based energy interests sought to reverse a district judge’s order upholding an environmental,...more

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Federal Agency Deference Eliminated, Now What?

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that overrules the “Chevron doctrine.”  This means that federal agencies are limited in their ability to rely on their own interpretation of the laws they...more

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Client Alert: Loper Bright Matters: Fifth Circuit Vacates Agency Action That Had Survived Under Chevron Deference

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In a long-awaited decision in Restaurant Law Center v. US Department of Labor, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a US Department of Labor (DOL) regulation governing the way tipped employees are paid,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Demise of the Chevron Doctrine – Part I

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On June 28, in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, et al., the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference doctrine, a long-standing tenet of administrative law established in 1984 in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

New FDA Brief in Supreme Court Tobacco Case Puts Spotlight on Post-Chevron Regulatory Landscape

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FDA says its authority to implement the TCA is not limited by Loper Bright, but suggests that future guidance documents may be limited. On August 26, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) filed its...more

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No More Chevron Deference: What Does This Mean for Employers?

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From 1984 until June 2024, a reviewing court had to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes, even if the court would have interpreted the statute differently. In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme...more

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‘Very, Very Fuzzy’: Opinion Overruling Chevron Creates Uncertainty for Regulated Industries

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Our recent webinar featured a conversation with noted legal scholars Craig Green, Charles Klein Professor of Law and Government at Temple University Beasley School of Law, and Kent Barnett, recently appointed Dean of the...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Re:Torts - Issue 19 - August 2024

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Testing the Waters: The Implications of Loper Bright on EPA’s New PFAS - Regulations - In the past year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized several significant rules to regulate per- and...more

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The Artificial Intelligence Angle: Loper Bright’s Impact on Federal and State AI Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance

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This summer, the Supreme Court made waves with its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Decided on June 28, 2024, the case overturned Chevron deference, a decades-long cornerstone of administrative law. Loper...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

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How the Supreme Court’s Loper Decision Overturns Chevron Doctrine and Impacts Employment Law

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The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, __ U.S. __ (2024), overturning the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, drastically reshapes administrative law....more

Baker Donelson

60 Days After Loper: Health Care Impact of Chevron Deference's End

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it...more

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The Future Of Agency Deference After Loper Bright

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The Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo1 has been described as accomplishing a seismic shift in administrative law. Rightly so. In the decision, the Court did away with so-called Chevron...more

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5th Circuit Vacates DOL’s Federal 80/20/30 Tip Credit Rule

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit recently vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest provisions of its Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, colloquially known as the 80/20/30 Rule through...more

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Sixth Circuit Declines to Defer to NLRB Decision Citing Loper Bright

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There has been much speculation about how much deference the courts will give to federal administrative agencies,’ including the NLRB’s, statutory interpretations in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June Loper Bright decision...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

How Does the Demise of Chevron Deference Affect Employee Benefit Plans and ERISA Regulatory Actions and Litigation?

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

Flaster Greenberg PC

Chevron Deference Decisions and Its Implications on Businesses

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Farewell, Chevron: Navigating Corporate Regulation Under Loper Bright

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 (U.S. June 28, 2024), the United States Supreme Court (Roberts, J.) held that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires courts to independently determine whether an...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chevron No More: The Impact on Benefit Plans

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce (Loper Bright), overturning Chevron U.S.A. Inc v. Natural...more

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What Texas Court’s Decision on Non-Competes Means for Businesses

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ambitious attempt to implement a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements (with limited exceptions) has hit a significant legal roadblock. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown...more

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Texas Court Shoots Down FTC Noncompete Ban Nationwide

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Ten days ahead of her self-imposed deadline, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued a memorandum opinion and order granting the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment, setting aside the Federal Trade...more

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Chevron Overturned, Federal Agency Deference Over: Impact of Loper Bright on Regulations Affecting Employers and Educators

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On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, upending 40 years of judicial precedent holding that federal courts should defer to...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

Smith Gambrell Russell

Compliance with Ambiguous Regulations – State of the Law and Trends

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Federal administrative law is largely about policing delegations of power from Congress to Executive Branch agencies, and the administrative law concept of “deference” is about delegation of interpretative power over...more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

The Chevron Doctrine’s Gone, but the APA Lives On

Many speculated on just how much Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Loper Bright) would affect agency rulemaking challenges. Well, the D.C. Circuit is showing that that effect maybe milder than expected. Huntsman...more

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