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Non-Delegation Doctrine, FTC's Non-Compete Rule and Green Guides ... Oh My!

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In this episode of our "An Energized Exchange" podcast series by our Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group, attorneys Andy Kriha and Halley Townsend explore the topic of the non-delegation doctrine, specifically in...more

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Post-Chevron Judicial Review of FERC Decisions

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As we covered in our first alert, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and abandoned the Chevron doctrine, which previously...more

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What Banks Need to Know Post-Chevron

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As we covered in our first alert, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and abandoned the Chevron doctrine, which previously...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

In SEC v. Jarkesy, Supreme Court Leaves Open Constitutional Challenges Related to FTC Structure and Process

In a much-watched case concerning the administrative state, on June 27, the Supreme Court decided in SEC v. Jarkesy that defendants facing a fraud suit by the SEC have a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in an Article...more

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FTC’s Final Rule on Non-Competes May Not be the Final Word

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In a controversial move, on April 24, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that beginning September 4, 2024, it will enforce its Final Rule banning most non-compete agreements that seek to limit a worker’s...more

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Consumers’ Research Universal Service Litigation Nears Inflection Point

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The Fifth and D.C. Circuit federal appellate courts are now poised to issue pivotal decisions in the ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s universal service support mechanisms. Their opinions will...more

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SCOTUS Predictions: Supreme Court Set to Limit Labor Board’s Reach Over Employers in Surprising Way

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An impending Supreme Court decision is poised to transform how the National Labor Relations Board decides cases and may fundamentally alter the course of labor relations as we know it. We predict that a SCOTUS decision to be...more

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Tracking the Impact of Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy and Other Constitutional Challenges Against the FTC

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In recent years, independent agencies have continued to face a number of constitutional and statutory challenges before the Supreme Court. AMG Capital Management struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to obtain...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Evolving Landscape of Administrative Law

One of the most significant areas of the law for businesses is administrative law. From questions about a new industry-specific regulation to marshaling a defense against enforcement proceedings, any entity that is subject to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sixth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to OSHA's Rulemaking Authority

Under constitutional law, the nondelegation doctrine prevents Congress from adopting laws that give administrative agencies overly broad discretion to adopt regulations that usurp its legislative authority. Recently, the...more

Carlton Fields

The Hits Keep Coming for FINRA, Closing Out a Brutal Summer

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It’s not just the New York Yankees that wish they could put the summer behind them. We previously wrote about the shocking blow the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt FINRA in early July by enjoining the self-regulatory...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Nondelegation Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, agreed to hear the case of SEC v. Jarkesy.1 The case is an appeal of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision that held that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's...more

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House Financial Committee Introduces CFPB Reform Bill In Response To Recent Court Decisions

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Last fall, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the CFPB’s independent funding through the Federal Reserve was in violation of the Appropriations Clause and the underlying separation of powers...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Compliance Alert: DOL Issues Guidance on Preventive Care Court Order

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On March 30, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra (“Braidwood”), vacating any and all actions taken by the DOL and other federal...more

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A Circuit Split Emerges on the Constitutionality of the CFPB's Funding Structure, Months Before the Issue Comes Before the U.S....

On March 23, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in CFPB v. Law Offices of Crystal Moroney (Moroney). The case reviewed constitutional challenges to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's...more

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The FTC's Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements: The Effect on Trade Secret Protection

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Many employers in Massachusetts use non-competes to protect their intellectual property. Non-compete agreements may be overly broad for that narrow purpose but their virtue is that it is much easier to detect their violation...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional Violation of Appropriations Clause

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On October 19, 2022, three judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional. Specifically, the court found CFPB’s receiving...more

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Jarkesy v. SEC: What is its potential impact?

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When the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decides to pursue formal enforcement proceedings against a company or individual, it can choose whether to do so in an Article III court, or through the SEC’s own...more

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The Ministry of Major Questions Is Open for Business

Now that Congress knows there is such a thing as the Major Questions Doctrine, what can Congress do about it? Think big or go home. In West Virginia v EPA, the Supreme Court faulted the EPA’s plan for shifting electric...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Chemours Challenges the EPA GenX Drinking Water Health Advisory, with a Surprising Argument: the Nondelegation Doctrine

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s new drinking water health advisories for PFAS, released on June 15, 2022, included an advisory level of 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its...more

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Supreme Court decides West Virginia v. EPA, limits EPA authority in narrow opinion

On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, striking down the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) and limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) authority...more

Snell & Wilmer

A Constitutional Shakeup in Administrative Law? The Fifth Circuit’s New Decision Revisits the Application of the Nondelegation...

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A groundbreaking decision released by the Fifth Circuit on May 18 signals a changing landscape for federal administrative law and the separation of powers. In Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 34 F.4th 446 (5th...more

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The Justice Insiders: The Administrative State is Not Your Friend - A Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein

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In this episode of The Justice Insiders, we welcome Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Host Gregg Sofer and co-host Steve Renau explore with Professor Epstein the implications...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds SEC Proceeding Brought in Agency’s In-House Court Unconstitutional

Key Points On May 18, 2022, in Jarkesy v. SEC, No. 20-61007 (5th Cir. May 18, 2022), a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit identified three independent constitutional flaws in the administrative...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Court Limits Federal Jurisdiction Over Arbitration Cases, Denies Certiorari in Private Non-Delegation Doctrine Case: SCOTUS Today

The Court has decided the latest in a series of important cases interpreting the reach of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S. C. §§ 1 et seq....more

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