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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

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

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Will Jarkesy Be a Fatal Blow to Civil Enforcement in Administrative Agency Proceedings?

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The end of the Supreme Court’s recent term saw two major decisions in the field of administrative law: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The Loper Bright decision, which...more

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Two U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Will Affect the Securities Industry

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently issued two opinions that are likely to have a longer-term effect on the way securities industry matters are handled. Juries, not the Securities Exchange Commission...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Environment & Energy Insights (July 2024)

Welcome to the July edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. The Supreme Court has been busy lately, issuing several opinions that will impact...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Two Blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court Decisions May Spell End of NLRB’s Expansion of Reach of NLRA as Well as How Agency Prosecutes...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two blockbuster decisions last week, both of which likely will curtail the ability of federal agencies, including the NLRB, to prosecute cases and expand the law. In a 6-3 decision announced...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Government Appeals Decisions in 340B Contract Pharmacy Litigation

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On December 28, 2021, the federal government submitted notices to appeal three federal district court decisions related to the use of contract pharmacies under the federal 340B drug pricing program. The appeals are the latest...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Lays Groundwork For Rulemakings: Are New Substantive Competition Rules Coming?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears poised to begin testing the scope of its rulemaking authority, including new substantive competition rules for the first time in decades. On March 25, 2021, FTC Acting Chairwoman...more

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Court Finds HHS Had No Lawful Basis Under HIPAA for a $4.3 Million Civil Money Penalty: What Does This Mean for Future HHS...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently found that the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lacked a lawful basis for a $4.3 million civil money penalty order that it issued to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

D.C. Circuit Upholds Hospital Price Transparency: Regulations Paving Way for January 1, 2021 Effectiveness

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On December 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its opinion in American Hospital Association v. Azar (the Opinion) upholding the Hospital Transparency Regulation (the Rule) issued...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Update on recent US sanctions developments - Nord Stream 2 sanctions and Exxon Mobil decision

This briefing is intended to provide an update on two recent developments under the US sanctions regime. ..The first one is the introduction of US sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which threaten to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

ExxonMobil Fined $2 Million for Ukraine/Russia Sanctions Violations

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On July 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $2 million civil monetary penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp., including its U.S. subsidiaries ExxonMobil Development...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues “Catch-Up” Adjustments for Federal Civil Penalties

On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued in the Federal Register an interim final rule adjusting penalty amounts for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) violations by more...more

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OSHA, EPA and DOI Increase Maximum Civil Penalties

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This summer, many federal agencies increased civil monetary penalties as much as 150 percent in response to new legislation mandating that federal agencies "catch up" with inflation and remedy past government failures to...more

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DOJ Doubles FCA Civil Penalties

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As required by last November's Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, the Department of Justice on June 30 released an interim final rule making inflationary adjustments to civil monetary penalties under its jurisdiction, including...more

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