Description
The Supreme Court ended its 2023-2024 term with a series of blockbuster decisions that reshaped how courts evaluate agency action. Loper Bright upended a four-decade-old framework that accorded deference to agency interpretation of federal statutes. And in Jarkesy, Ohio v. EPA, and Corner Post, the Court rewrote the rules governing what issues agencies can decide in an administrative process, how agencies must engage with public comments and criticisms of proposed action, and the deadline to sue to challenge regulations, respectively. Together, these decisions held the potential to curb agency power significantly.
One year on, what effects have we seen from these decisions? How are courts and agencies responding? As regulatory power evolves, lawyers advising clients in regulated industries — and those engaging with or challenging federal agency action — need to understand concrete impacts of these cases to inform how they adapt to this new and still-evolving landscape.
Join our expert panel — Jonathan Bond, Varu Chilakamarri, and Stuart Delery, all Executive branch alumni with years of experience litigating for and against the federal government — to examine the state of administrative law today, agency authority and deference, and how stakeholder engagement with regulatory bodies has changed.
Our panel will cover how courts and agencies are interpreting and applying Loper and the Court’s other watershed rulings, what to expect from federal agencies in the new landscape, and how regulated entities are responding. The program will also address issues now at the forefront of administrative-law litigation in the Supreme Court. Finally, the panel will discuss the recent surge in executive orders and regulatory rollback efforts —which were partly prompted by, and may test the limits of, the Supreme Court’s recent cases—and what these actions could mean for compliance, litigation, and long-term planning.
Topics include:
- What effects have already materialized from Loper Bright, Jarkesy, Ohio v. EPA, and Corner Post for courts, agencies, and regulated industries, and what further impacts should clients expect
- What other major administrative-law issues are now on the horizon that may magnify or intersect with the Supreme Court’s 2024 decisions
- How executive orders fit into the new administrative law landscape, and how litigation over them differ from suits challenging conventional agency action
- How agencies’ recent regulatory rollback efforts compare to past practice, and how they might play out in litigation
- What your clients can do and how they can best prepare themselves in the face of these developments
This all-new webcast will benefit any lawyer with clients in regulated industries or in areas with a stake in regulated industries, as well as those working in government or public service.