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Quick Guide to Administrative Hearings

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Join the Litigators Lounge with Offit Kurman’s Anders Sleight and Niall McMillan as they dive into the nuances of administrative proceedings versus typical civil court cases, focusing on the process, discovery limitations,...more

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Failure to Explain Selection of Project Alternative Violated NEPA and APA

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The Ninth Circuit held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acted arbitrarily and capriciously by failing to explain in its Record of Decision why it selected a project alternative that did not meet the development...more

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SVOG Grant Recipients Face Renewed Scrutiny: Understanding Your Appeal Rights When SBA Rescinds Prior Grant Approval

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Recently, the Small Business Administration (SBA) began issuing letters to recipients of grant funds under the $16.25 Billion COVID-era Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, rescinding grant recipients’ eligibility...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Supreme Court Reins in Agency Power Again: What McKesson Means for TCPA Litigation

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The Supreme Court recently signaled a further shift away from judicial deference to administrative rulings. The question of whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA or “the Act”) covers online faxes (think your...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in New Mexico

In New Mexico, vendors who compete for public contracts have legal recourse if they believe that a government solicitation or contract award was improper. The New Mexico Procurement Code provides a formal bid protest process...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Supreme Court Rules District Courts Not Bound by FCC Statutory Interpretations under the Hobbs Act

On Friday, June 20th, the Supreme Court in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226 (U.S. June 2025), ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Hobbs Act does not bind federal district courts in civil...more

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Maryland Court Rules EPA’s Termination of Environmental Justice Grants Violates APA

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Changes in presidential Administration often mean changes in policy priorities and budgeting, but a Maryland federal district court recently held that the executive branch’s ability to pivot on policy has limits....more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Supreme Court Issues First Major NEPA Ruling in Two Decades

On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-0 opinion that clarifies the scope of environmental effects analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and requires substantial judicial deference to...more

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Puerto Rico Supreme Court Issues Key Ruling: No Automatic Deference to Administrative Agencies’ Conclusions of Law

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Litigants in Puerto Rico now have an easier path to challenge administrative agencies’ determinations after the Puerto Rico Supreme Court (PRSC) ruled in Vázquez v. Consejo de Titulares, 2025 TSPR 56, that courts shall not...more

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PR Supreme Court’s Rejection of Agency Deference Gives Employers New Tools

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The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has issued a landmark decision limiting the deference that Puerto Rico courts owe to administrative agencies’ legal conclusions. The ruling recalibrates the balance of power between courts and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Supreme Court Holds That Agencies Have “Substantial” Discretion to Omit Upstream and Downstream Projects from Environmental...

On May 29, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court (voting 8-0, with Justice Gorsuch recused) held that federal agencies need not consider the environmental effects of “upstream” and “downstream” projects that are separate in time or...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Supreme Court Curbs the Scope of NEPA Reviews in Landmark Decision: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County,...

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In the first major National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) case to reach the Supreme Court in almost two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on May 29, 2025, in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v....more

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“A Course Correction”: Supreme Court Reinforces Agency Deference and Narrows the Scope of Environmental Effects that Agencies Must...

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On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, or approve — does not...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Understanding the FOIA Process: Submitting, Appealing, and Litigating Requests for Government Records

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), enacted in 1966, grants the public the right to access records from any federal agency, promoting transparency and accountability in government. Whether you’re a business owner,...more

Jenner & Block

Government Pressure on Regulators Could Prompt Premature AI Adoption and a Surge in Judicial Review

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In March 2025, the UK government met with regulators to push for faster decision-making processes as a part of efforts by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to cut red tape and boost economic growth. But while the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

FERC Settles Decade-Old Enforcement Allegations

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In 2016, a new play called Hamilton was dominating Broadway, Pokémon Go was all the rage, and the Summer Olympics were held in Rio. Also that year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission” or “FERC”) issued an...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Two Supreme Court Decisions Shift the Ground for Legal Challenges to Federal Agency Actions

The Supreme Court has now concluded its most recent term, and in its final two days handed down two decisions with major implications in the area of administrative law (each by a 6-3 margin).  And while their precise...more

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Telecommunications Law and Policy in a Post-Chevron World

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As summarized by our Government Division colleagues last week, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., holding that...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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The Administrative Procedure Act and The Evolution of Environmental Law

Enacted in 1946, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) has provided a lasting framework for federal agency rulemaking and adjudication, as well as establishing the power of the federal courts to exercise judicial review over...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

TV Station Consolidation OK, Say Supremes

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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court voted to uphold a decision by the FCC to deregulate ownership of television broadcast stations. The Commission proposed the rule change in 2017 under Trump-appointed FCC chair Ajit...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Restores Trump FCC’s Deregulation of Media Ownership Rules

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project et al. is significant for both the decision’s effect on the regulation of the broadcast television industry and its clarifications of administrative law. ...more

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Supreme Court Holding Emphasizes Importance of Building an Administrative Record Before an Agency

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On April 1, 2021, in Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal or modify three ownership rules...more

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Supreme Court Decides FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project

On April 1, 2021 the U.S. Supreme Court decided FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project, holding that the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2017 decision to repeal or modify three of its media-ownership rules was not arbitrary...more

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