Editor's Note Chevron Is Overruled

• Publication year: 2024
• Citation: Vol. 2 No. 5

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Victoria Prussen Spears ^*

The U.S. Supreme Court has overruled Chevron, the 40-year-old precedent that directed courts to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that it administers. The lead article in this issue examines the ruling. Other articles here review recent actions by federal agencies.

Chevron

This issue begins with an article titled "The End of Chevron Deference: What the Supreme Court's Ruling in Loper Bright Means for the Regulated Community." Here, Varu Chilakamarri, Mark Ruge, David R. Fine, Tre A. Holloway, and Falco A. Muscante II, attorneys with K&L Gates LLP, discuss the Supreme Court's decision overturning the Chevron doctrine.

CEQ

The next article is titled "Council on Environmental Quality Substantially Rewrites National Environmental Policy Act Regulations."

Here, Rafe Petersen, Alexandra E. Ward, and Jason A. Hill of Holland & Knight LLP review the Phase II regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) published recently by the Council on Environmental Quality and...