Created in 1989, the Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service honors the memory of Mary Lawton, a distinguished career government lawyer who served on the Council of the Administrative Law Section from 1983-1986, and as Chair of the Section’s Judicial Review Committee from 1986 to 1988. A graduate of Georgetown Law School where […]
The Regulatory Policy Committee of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice presents: Comparing Regulatory Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic, One Year On Friday March 12, 2021 12 pm – 1:30 pm Eastern Time Via Zoom One year into the global coronavirus pandemic, this international panel, which follows another sponsored by the Section […]
Today on behalf of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, I sent a letter to President Biden to encourage him to act swiftly to nominate a new chair to lead the Administrative Conference of the United States. The letter is here, which I’ve reproduced below: Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the ABA […]
From Craig Thornton, Immediate Past President of the Society of Benefit-Cost Analysis: Colleagues in the Administrative Law area: In just over a month, the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis will hold its annual meeting. The meeting will be held online this year and so it will be easy to attend. There are a number of sessions […]
Two summers ago I shared some quick reactions to Sam Bray’s argument that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) does not support nationwide injunctions to set aside an agency’s final rule. In that post, I expressed preliminary skepticism, based on the text and structure of the APA: “a final rule is an ‘agency action’ under the […]
I’m just barely getting my monthly post up before the end of the month, but I expect to get July’s post up earlier. There are some fantastic papers in this month’s list. Here is the June 2020 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law […]
Here is the January 2021 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, which is edited by Bill Funk. Our Anti-Korematsu by Cass R. Sunstein A Critical Assessment of the Originalist Case Against Administrative Regulatory Power: New Evidence from the Federal Tax on Private […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States and the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy are pleased to announce the fourth and final panel in their virtual symposium on artificial intelligence in federal agencies. This session will take place on Thursday, August 13 from 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm ET. Stephen Sanford, Director […]
As Aaron Nielson has previously noted on the blog, the 2021 edition of the Duke Law Journal‘s annual administrative law symposium will focus on the future of Chevron deference, with the lead article by Kristin Hickman and Aaron Nielson entitled Narrowing Chevron‘s Domain. Hickman and Nielson argue that the Supreme Court should consider eliminating Chevron […]
Much more will be written, no doubt, on the Biden administration’s approach to centralized review of regulatory actions though the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), including President Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review Executive Order. But Jim Tozzi has some fascinating initial takes, especially his #14 bottom line. I’ve cross-posted below his full post from […]
On March 1, 2021, the Supreme Court will hear argument in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. The issue before the Supreme Court is the application of the Appointments Clause to judges of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB), a tribunal established by Congress in 2012 within the USPTO. In the decision below, the Court […]
In order to preserve and share the ABA Administrative Law Section’s programming with a larger audience, the Section has launched an official YouTube channel, which you can access here. Please consider subscribing and sharing this resource with your colleagues, students, and others who may find it of interest. We are in the process of uploading […]
Next Tuesday, July 28th, from 3-4:30PM, my law school is hosting a terrific Supreme Court Review webinar via Zoom (with CLE approval pending for Ohio Bar Members). This event is free and open to the public, with registration link here. Here are the details: Discussions from Drinko Hall is proud to present our next series: […]
Here is the December 2020 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, which is edited by Bill Funk. This is the final edition for 2020, which has been a challenging year no doubt for so many scholars of administrative law and regulatory practice. […]
Education Committee Presents “The Department of Education’s New Title IX Regulations: A Closer Look” Thursday July 23, 202012 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time Via Zoom In May, the Department of Education issued new Title IX regulations that will dramatically change how the nation’s colleges and universities respond to allegations of sexual misconduct. The controversial […]