Here is the August 2024 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. For more on why SSRN and this eJournal are such terrific resources for administrative law scholars and practitioners, check out my first post on the subject here. You can […]
In April, we published a short piece in Notice & Comment on 5 key monopolization cases in the tech sector. In it, we presented the results of an informal poll of economists with expertise in antitrust. The poll asked them to rate the strength of the government’s cases by providing both stand-alone ratings and relative ones. Here, we […]
What do Elon Musk, Jamie Leach, Frank Black, and Jeffrey Moats have in common? Elon Musk is fighting the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) power grab. Jamie Leach is fighting to save her company from the whims of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Frank Black is fighting against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so he can keep working in […]
The D.C. Circuit published an interesting standing opinion last week: Citizens for Constitutional Integrity v. Census Bureau. In an opinion by Judge Wilkins, joined by Chief Judge Srinivasan and Judge Childs, the court aimed to clarify when to relax the Article III standing test for a procedural rights claim. “There is no established test in […]
Reflecting on the litigation over the FTC’s non-compete rule, it struck me that the Supreme Court’s decision in Corner Post is a huge win for the government masquerading as a loss. A key sentence in the opinion should put the last nail in the coffin of universal remedies. If I’m right about this prediction, Corner Post’s implications for […]
More low carbon or green investment is needed to achieve the Paris Agreement’s objective of net-zero emission by 2050. To facilitate such green investment, both public and private funds must flow into emerging green technologies. When examining avenues to nudge corresponding investment in global markets, which in turn impacts trade, it is imperative to turn our attention to Sovereign […]
“When was the last time you heard of any government or ex-government official being described as dishonorable?” The late Judge Laurence Silberman posed that question fifteen years ago, in a speech titled, simply, “On Honor.” Before an audience of law students, he reflected on the decline of “honor” as a guiding principle in our understanding […]
Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Every month, in preparation for these posts, I review the Ninth Circuit’s published opinions. But when I went over last month’s opinions for this post, I found slim pickings. Thus stymied, I turned […]
Last weekend, I attended the 120th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). As usual, I had a delightful time connecting with kindred spirits who think about government institutions, how they work, and who gets to influence public policy. And I could not help but think back to those who attended the same conference in 1904. Max Weber, […]
In a Term full of hard blows to agencies, Corner Post might end up being the hardest. But administrative law allows a remedy that could avert some the decision’s worst potential effects—remand without vacatur. By holding that the default statute of limitations for an APA suit begins to run when a plaintiff is injured—and not when an […]
Join the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) on Friday, September 27 (12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET), and Wednesday, October 2 (12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET), for a public forum series on nationwide injunctions. During the two panel discussions, leading legal scholars will explore discrete issues related to the issuance, impact, and […]
Like all who follow admin law or the D.C. Circuit to any degree, my colleagues here at D.C. Circuit Review have been keeping track of decisions illustrating the Circuit’s emerging approach to Loper Bright. Last week offers two more examples to consider, which were also the only two admin law decisions from the week, and […]
Welcome back to your monthly recap of the Fifth Circuit’s most recent administrative-law decisions! It was another busy month, so let’s dig in. Agencies Lose Two Additional Cases Under Loper Bright Up first: Texas Medical Association v. HHS. Argued before the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright, but decided after, Texas Medical Association involved a […]
Today’s Ad Law Reading Room entry is “Working with Statutes,” by Anya Bernstein and Cristina Rodríguez, which is forthcoming in the Texas Law Review. Here is the abstract: In its 2024 decision overruling the decades-old Chevron doctrine directing judges to accept an agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutory language, the Supreme Court declares: “agencies have […]
One of my go-to resources for trying to stay abreast of developments in constitutional law is the National Constitution Center and especially its podcast, We, the People. Under the inspired and able direction of Jeff Rosen, its president and CEO (and former D. C. Circuit clerk), the Center consistently produces excellent materials on the history […]