Administrative Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12849882009-11-10T15:42:50-05:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadAdministrativeLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesNew administrative law articlestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128757231f7970c2009-11-10T15:42:50-05:002009-11-10T15:42:50-05:00From the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals: Heinzen, Tarah. Student essay competition winner. Stopping the campaign to deregulate factory farm air pollution. 17 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 1482-1526 (2009). [H]|[L]|[W] Kovacic, William E. Rating the competition agencies: what...AdminLaw BloggerDon't forget the Administrative Law Section's program at AALS!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a65485e2970b2009-11-04T19:21:28-05:002009-11-04T19:21:28-05:00The Administrative Law Section’s program at the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans is a must for all administrative law teachers. The program will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at 8:30 AM. The subject this year is “The...AdminLaw BloggerSeidenfeld on Chevron deferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64d3ae8970b2009-11-02T22:46:40-05:002009-11-02T22:46:40-05:00New on SSRN: "Chevron's Foundation" by Mark Seidenfeld (Florida State). Abstract: How can a court justify deferring to an administrative agency interpretation of a statute under the Chevron doctrine given the accepted understanding that Article III of the Constitution makes...AdminLaw BloggerTheory: Schauer on the Obligation to Obey the Lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64d1986970b2009-11-02T22:09:04-05:002009-11-02T22:09:43-05:00On his Legal Theory Blog, Lawrence Solum (Illinois) has posted the abstract for and an extract from Frederick Schauer's (Virginia) John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia, "When and How (If at All) Does Law Constrain Official Action?"...AdminLaw BloggerAdministrative review by agreement?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64c40a3970b2009-11-02T17:27:47-05:002009-11-02T17:27:47-05:00This is more of a civil procedure issue than an administrative law issue, but it is still a useful administrative practice lesson. In an agreement between a developer and a county, paragraph twenty-one reads in part: Any dispute between Developer...AdminLaw BloggerNew administrative law articlestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a15dfa970c2009-11-02T15:40:28-05:002009-11-02T15:40:28-05:00From the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals: Rector, Emily M. Removing from state administrative agencies. 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 2269-2311 (2009). [H]|[L]|[W] Rousseau, Sandra. The use of warnings in the presence of errors. 29 Int'l Rev....AdminLaw BloggerSerial professional disciplinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a69a0d66970c2009-10-31T13:40:30-04:002009-10-31T13:40:30-04:00On his California License Law Blog, Fredrick M. Ray (Orange, CA) draws attention to the serial effects of professional discipline in "The Domino Effect of License Discipline": A phenomenon we observe in our law firm every day is the Domino...AdminLaw BloggerCatch-22tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a693e2d1970c2009-10-30T14:04:43-04:002009-10-30T14:04:43-04:00William Lee Logan of Dykema Gossett PLLC (Chicago, inter alia) reviews a scary Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case in "Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don't: FDCPA Requires Debt Collectors to Make Complete Disclosures on Answering...AdminLaw BloggerArizona: Public records - metadatatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a635687c970b2009-10-29T14:59:28-04:002009-10-29T14:59:28-04:00Usually we don't post substantive stuff about specific agencies and jurisdictions, but here is a new Arizona Supreme Court opinion that may be of interest. It opens with: ¶ 1 Arizona law provides that “[p]ublic records and other matters in...AdminLaw BloggerA practical lesson in litigating with the governmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a68ae757970c2009-10-29T13:35:22-04:002009-10-29T13:35:22-04:00In his Bank Lawyer's Blog, Kevin Funnell describes the federal government as "The Everyready Energizer Defendant". While he is discussing a shareholder derivative action, he points out a good general administrative law lesson, quoting Arnold & Porter attorney Michael Johnson:...AdminLaw BloggerEvidence you must havetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a68a5ad3970c2009-10-29T11:12:21-04:002009-10-29T11:12:21-04:00Yes, Master Yoda. Without evidence on the record, administrative decision-makers face the embarrassment of reversal by a reviewing court. Dean Patty Salkin (Albany), on her Law of the Land blog, describes a Massachusetts wireless antenna case where the town failed...AdminLaw BloggerStandards of reviewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6311905970b2009-10-28T20:17:38-04:002009-10-28T20:17:38-04:00Are often established by statute. In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals decision, Coplan v. Ariz. St. Bd. of Appraisal, 1 CA-CV 08-0545 (October 22, 2009), the Court reversed a Superior Court decision overturning a disciplinary decision by the Board....AdminLaw BloggerYou cannot repair stupidtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a62da113970b2009-10-28T17:19:25-04:002009-10-28T17:19:25-04:00From Patty Salkin's (Albany) Law of the Land blog - "Lesson: Research Chain of Title and Zoning Regulations Prior to Purchasing Property at Auction": The Connecticut Superior Court, following a trial, rejected a taking claim by a developer who purchased...AdminLaw BloggerObject early and oftentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a62c00ed970b2009-10-28T16:20:42-04:002009-10-28T16:20:42-04:00On his firm's New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog, Steven M. Silverberg (Silverberg Zalantis LLP, White Plains, NY and Westport, CT) has posted an interesting review of a recent zoning case of administrative law interest, New York Court of...AdminLaw BloggerNew administrative law articlestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6807dd6970c2009-10-28T13:12:27-04:002009-10-28T13:12:27-04:00From the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals: Barnet, Todd. Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: checks and balances in disarray. 17 Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev. 329-353 (2009). [H]|[L]|[W] Michiels, Nicolas E.M. Comment. Should inmates be running the...AdminLaw BloggerThe Fourth Amendment in administrative casestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6706d13970c2009-10-23T17:22:41-04:002009-10-23T17:22:41-04:00From FourthAmendment.com, "Cal.2: Exclusionary rule not applied to employee disciplinary hearing". The courts have seldom applied the exclusionary rule in administrative cases, even ones in which severe penalties are imposed based on the admission of illegally seized evidence. In administrative...AdminLaw BloggerJudicial review: When collateral estoppel bars a second bitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6183a0c970b2009-10-23T14:05:12-04:002009-10-23T14:05:12-04:00There is a good review of how the doctrine of collateral estoppel applies in administrative decisions on the New York Public Personnel Law blog: "Collateral Estoppel may bar a lawsuit involving essentially the same issues earlier adjudicated in a quasi-judicial...AdminLaw BloggerTheory: Mendelson on transparency in presidential oversight of agency decision makingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a66cdbd8970c2009-10-22T18:52:51-04:002009-10-22T18:52:51-04:00Nina A. Mendelson (Michigan) has posted "Disclosing 'Political' Oversight of Agency Decision Making" on SSRN. Abstract: Scholars and courts have been divided on whether presidential supervision enhances the legitimacy of the administrative state. For some, that the president can supervise...AdminLaw BloggerGiviti on "strategic" statutory interpretation by agenciestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6151998970b2009-10-22T17:37:02-04:002009-10-22T17:37:18-04:00Yehonatan Givati (Harvard) has posted "Strategic Statutory Interpretation by Administrative Agencies" on SSRN. Abstract: Many statutes are administered by administrative agencies. This paper shows that, when interpreting an ambiguous statute, administrative agencies choose between two strategies of statutory interpretation: the...AdminLaw BloggerTheory: Columbia profs amici brief for PCAOB casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6147e57970b2009-10-22T15:15:04-04:002009-10-22T15:15:04-04:00While Free Enterprise Fund vs. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, No. 08-861(before the U.S. Supreme Court this term) is primarily a Con Law case with political overtones (well, don't they all have political overtones?), the Brief for Constitutional and Administrative...AdminLaw Blogger