In this episode of our "An Energized Exchange" podcast series, presented by the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group, attorneys Zach Pilchen, Brian Bunger and Rafe Petersen discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's...more
7/17/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2025, issued a 7-2 decision in Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA, clarifying when stakeholders have standing to challenge an agency action based on market effects rather than direct...more
6/30/2025
/ Article III ,
Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v Environmental Protection Agency ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining and Oklahoma v. EPA on June 18, 2025, resolving two related circuit splits regarding proper venue for challenging certain U.S....more
6/24/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Clean Air Act ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency v Calumet Shreveport Refining LLC ,
Environmental Review ,
Exemptions ,
Judicial Authority ,
Litigation Strategies ,
NAAQS ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oklahoma v Environmental Protection Agency ,
Refineries ,
Renewable Fuel ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Venue
Every law student learns that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) outlines the default rules for how federal agencies propose and finalize regulations and how courts review them. But for many significant actions under the...more
4/4/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Air Pollution ,
Appeals ,
Clean Air Act ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Judicial Review ,
NAAQS ,
NESHAP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS
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
9/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
HUD ,
IRS ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NTSB ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
U.S. Treasury