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The Administrative State
In a landmark ruling on 28 June 2024, the US Supreme Court expressly overruled the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, eliminating the requirement that courts defer to agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes.
The Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo held that the Administrative Procedure Act requires federal courts to decide what statutes mean independently of any agency interpretation, although they may still “seek aid” from well-reasoned or long-standing agency interpretations.
This decision affects every industry that is regulated by US federal agencies, and it is expected to usher in more frequent judicial challenges to agency rules, greater scrutiny of agency actions, and a different approach to law-making by Congress.
To help our clients understand, anticipate, and navigate the full impact of the Court’s decision on all of the affected industries in which the firm’s clients do business, we have established a cross-practice, interdisciplinary task force.
The task force has provided and will continue to provide careful analyses of Loper Bright and how it will affect the industries in which K&L Gates clients do business. In addition to the material already on this page, please stay tuned for additional webinars and client alerts.
Thought Leadership
On 3 July 2025, the House passed the Senate’s version of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill formerly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
On 30 June 2025, both the US Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced revisions to their respective National Environmental Policy Act procedures to speed up the permitting process for energy infrastructure.
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission has issued its first ever fines under the Digital Markets Act (DMA): a €500 million fine on Apple for violation of the DMA’s prohibition of anti-steering provisions for app stores, and a €200 million for Meta’s “pay or consent” model that was found to be a violation of the DMA’s requirement of seeking user consent for gatekeepers before combining user data between their different services.
In May 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law several bills that will impact both individual and business taxpayers.