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Chevron is No More - Why This Matters for the Future of Advocacy

Chevron is No More - Why This Matters for the Future of Advocacy

The law is often unclear and open to interpretation, inevitably creating risk when operating around those gray areas.  A 1984 ruling found that governing agencies (such as the EPA in this specific case) had the authority to provide interpretation for laws they administer, and that interpretation would be upheld in court to settle many of these disputes.  Since then, an argument was commonly made that courts, not agencies, were better equipped to settle these differences.  Last month, it would appear that the current Supreme Court agrees with that position and overturned their prior ruling.  Was this the right decision?  Does that create new risks for businesses?

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