Can Congress Go Too Far in Preempting State Law ?

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Federal preemption aficionados will find today’s seemingly ho-hum Supreme Court decision in Gobielle v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. to be of considerable interest. The Court held that ERISA expressly preempts a Vermont statute requiring disclosure of ERISA-regulated health care plan payment information. According to Justice Thomas’ concurring opinion, ERISA “contains what may be the most […]

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Four Decades of U.S. EPA Review and Continuous Federal Registration of Creosote

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For almost 70 years, coal tar-derived creosote has been federally registered for use as a wood preservative. During the past 40 years, the risks and benefits of creosote, like those of other major industrial wood preservatives, have been reevaluated by U.S. EPA in three successive and comprehensive review processes—Special Review, Reregistration Review, and currently, Registration

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How to Choose and Hire an Appellate Attorney

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So the case that you lost—or won—at the trial court level is going to be appealed. What now? If you have not already done so, you should select and engage an appellate attorney. Whom to choose and how to forge a successful relationship with that attorney often involves considerations that are specifically tailored to appellate

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Supreme Court 411 On Federal Agency 180

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Companies that do business in the United States continue to be justifiably concerned about the exploding number of onerous federal regulations that have been issued by Obama Administration departments and agencies. The Supreme Court’s March 9, 2015 decision in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, No. 13-1041, unavoidably bolstered the Executive Branch’s seemingly free rein by

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Supreme Opinion on the Supremacy Clause

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Anyone interested in constitutional law or the subject of federal preemption of state law should read the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., No. 14-15.  The Court held, in an opinion authored by Justice Scalia, that the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, Art. VI, cl.2,  “creates a rule of decision” — courts “must not

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