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SCOTUS Clean Air Act Cases: What’s New?
Rewriting the Rules: The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision on Clean Water Act Permits
Compliance into the Weeds: More Compliance Challenges in the Trump Era
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
No Password Required: USF Cybercrime Professor, Former Federal Agent, and Vintage Computer Archivist
Georgia on My Mind: On the Frontlines of Federal Rulemaking With AG Carr — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
[Podcast] Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak: Talking Ag Biotech Episode 5
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at the Current Challenge to Judicial Deference to Federal Agencies and What it Means for the Consumer Financial Services Industry, With Special Guest, Craig Green, Professor, Temple University
What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
H2-OWOW! – A Reflective Conversation with John Goodin, Former Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – Reflections on Water Podcast
Reflections on Sackett - Reflections on Water Podcast
PFAS in Focus: Wastewater Utility Perspectives From Jay Hoskins, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District - Reflections on Water Podcast
[Podcast] Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak: Talking Ag Biotech
Environmental Agencies, Superfund Cleanups, and Managing Enforcement Actions
West Virginia vs. EPA Part II: U.S. Supreme Court Applies the Major Questions Doctrine to limit EPA Regulatory Authority
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
PFAS Regulatory Update: EPA Issues Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
California's ability to set its own vehicle emission standards under its Clean Air Act waiver of federal preemption is in jeopardy given three joint congressional resolutions signed into law by President Trump on June 12,...more
After a few decades of uncertainty and “it’s-alive-it’s-dead-it’s-alive” swings, EPA’s “once in, always in” (OI/AI) policy is once again dead. And this time, it seems very dead....more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published its heavily anticipated proposal to revoke its 2009 determination under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) that greenhouse gases (GHG) "cause, or contribute...more
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs, the city of Chicago, New York City, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing comments opposing the EPA’s proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air...more
The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed a rule that would rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, citing a new interpretation of the relevant section in the Clean Air Act ("CAA"), a lack of clear congressional...more
On July 29, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally proposed to revoke its 2009 “Endangerment Finding,” in which the EPA declared that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution and endanger public health. This...more
On Tuesday July 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a proposed rule to repeal its 2009 finding that greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from new motor vehicles contribute to pollution and endanger...more
On May 16, in Texas v. EPA, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected EPA’s nonattainment designation for two counties in Texas. What I find most interesting about the case is the reaction to it. Inside EPA (subscription...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump directed federal agencies to repeal certain categories of regulations in his memorandum entitled Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations (“Memorandum”). In this Memorandum, President...more
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
During the 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would direct federal agencies on day one to “immediately remove every single burdensome regulation driving up the cost of goods.” For the...more
It is instructive to review the Supreme Court’s record in its most recent term, concentrating on regulatory and administrative law cases, which are usually back-burner issues. But not this term....more
EPA Proposes Removing Affirmative Defense Provisions from Eighteen Clean Air Act Emission Standards - In a proposed rule published on June 24, 2024, EPA has proposed to remove eighteen affirmative defense provisions for...more
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
In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resource Defense Council, reversing a lower court ruling that set aside EPA’s Clean Air Act “bubble policy” of providing regulatory relief from...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the Chevron doctrine, a significant legal principle established by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. For 40 years, lower courts have relied on the Chevron...more
Just in time to celebrate our Nation’s birthday, the United States Supreme Court brought out its hammer to again chip away at the administrative state in two landmark decisions: Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo,...more
The week of June 23, 2024, in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified in a 5-4 decision that if a federal agency fails to provide a reasoned response to comments raised during the rulemaking...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions at the end of its term impacting environmental law. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court held that courts must exercise independent judgment when determining if an...more
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning “Chevron deference,” a tool for interpreting ambiguous statutes administered by administrative agencies. The 40-year-old Chevron doctrine held...more
On Friday, June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed decades of increased federal executive agency power by overturning the longstanding deference to agency interpretations of statutes that resulted from...more
On the second-to-last day of its term, the US Supreme Court issued its decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce. These decisions overruled Chevron USA. v. National Resource...more
Practical Guidance: Litigation, Professional Perspective - Chevron Deference Destined for Change in Loper Bright & Relentless - Editor's Note: This Professional Perspective addresses how the US Supreme Court's impending...more
Louisiana has been at the center of the Biden Administration’s prioritization of environmental justice (EJ) issues. In United States v. Denka Performance Elastomer, the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion by the...more
Chevron deference has been a staple of American federal jurisprudence since its implementation in 1984. The case, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. National Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, arose from EPA’s adoption of a...more