by Brigit Rollins | Mar 18, 2025 | Administrative Law, Department of Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor, Research Fellows
Kelli Ludlum, Research Fellow Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney In 2024, the United Statues Supreme Court issued Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024). The ruling overturned the longstanding doctrine of Chevron deference, a legal principle that arose from...
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 4, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
In late February 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) announced that it will rescind all of its regulations in compliance with a court decision that found CEQ lacked any authority to adopt regulations. CEQ is the agency responsible for implementing the...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 18, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
On February 3, 2025, a federal court in North Dakota ruled that the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Quality Act (“NEPA”), lacks the authority to issue regulations. This follows a...
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 28, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides, Plaintiffs & Pesticides
The start of a new year also means the start of a new legislative session. By late January, all but a small handful of states will have convened the 2025 legislative session and begun considering new legislation. In at least five states, bills have been introduced...
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 7, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pesticides
On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) released its long-awaited proposed decision to designate the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). This decision has been a decade in the making and...
