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Recalling The Lawyers: The Nhtsa, Gm, And The Chevrolet Cobalt, Bernard W. Bell Apr 2016

Recalling The Lawyers: The Nhtsa, Gm, And The Chevrolet Cobalt, Bernard W. Bell

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This Article summarizes product safety and vehicle safety law and recounts General Motors Company’s (GM) response to the Cobalt ignition switch defect, paying particular attention to the actions of GM’s in-house and outside counsel. This Article then considers the legality and prudence of a regulatory agency’s imposition of gatekeeping responsibilities on such counsel.


Lawyering Within The Domain Of Expertise, David Mcgowan Apr 2016

Lawyering Within The Domain Of Expertise, David Mcgowan

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This Article uses the history of patent prosecution to assess the relationship between the practice of law and the claim of an administrative agency to possess and to employ expertise.


Lawyers In The Shadow Of The Regulatory State: Transnational Governance On Business And Human Rights, Milton C. Regan Jr., Kath Hall Apr 2016

Lawyers In The Shadow Of The Regulatory State: Transnational Governance On Business And Human Rights, Milton C. Regan Jr., Kath Hall

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Lawyers are beginning to play an important role in strengthening the system of transnational governance that regulates business and human rights. In setting the background to our discussion of lawyers’ role in this context, Part I of this Article provides a general overview of the emergence of the transnational governance regime. Part II then describes some of the governance instruments that attempt to prevent and rectify the adverse human rights impacts of business activities. Part III discusses the extent to which lawyers are advising their business clients on human rights issues, the factors that may inhibit or encourage the provision …


Nothing Could Be Finer?: The Role Of Agency General Counsel In North And South Carolina, Elizabeth Chambliss, Dana Remus Apr 2016

Nothing Could Be Finer?: The Role Of Agency General Counsel In North And South Carolina, Elizabeth Chambliss, Dana Remus

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This Article examines the role of agency general counsel in North and South Carolina. The two states offer a rich comparative context for research on agency general counsel. Though closely linked in both name and culture, they have different executive structures and recent political histories, and the agency counseling function has evolved and is currently organized in different ways. These structural and political differences at the state level illuminate commonalities and differences at the agency level and provide an accessible starting point for broader state-level research. Part I examines the structural evolution of the agency general counsel position and the …


The Laws Of Agency Lawyering, George M. Cohen Apr 2016

The Laws Of Agency Lawyering, George M. Cohen

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The great variety of agency rules governing lawyers raises interesting questions that are worth exploring. This Article begins that exploration. Part I lays the groundwork by briefly examining how the ABA Model Rules treat regulatory lawyering to raise the question of what regulatory gaps the agency rules might be expected to fill. Part II sets forth several possible theories of agency rule variation. Part III compares agency rules along a number of dimensions, examines some similarities and differences across agencies as well as between the agency rules and the Model Rules, and offers speculations about what may be driving the …


Foreword: Chevron At 30: Looking Back And Looking Forward, Peter M. Shane, Christopher J. Walker Nov 2014

Foreword: Chevron At 30: Looking Back And Looking Forward, Peter M. Shane, Christopher J. Walker

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The Three Phases Of Mead, Kristin E. Hickman Nov 2014

The Three Phases Of Mead, Kristin E. Hickman

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Improving Agencies’ Preemption Expertise With Chevmore Codification , Kent Barnett Nov 2014

Improving Agencies’ Preemption Expertise With Chevmore Codification , Kent Barnett

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Federalism At Step Zero, Miriam Seifter Nov 2014

Federalism At Step Zero, Miriam Seifter

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Chevron’S Generality Principles, Emily Hammond Nov 2014

Chevron’S Generality Principles, Emily Hammond

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Chevron Inside The Regulatory State: An Empirical Assessment, Christopher J. Walker Nov 2014

Chevron Inside The Regulatory State: An Empirical Assessment, Christopher J. Walker

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Chevron At The Roberts Court: Still Failing After All These Years, Jack M. Beermann Nov 2014

Chevron At The Roberts Court: Still Failing After All These Years, Jack M. Beermann

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Step Zero After City Of Arlington, Thomas W. Merrill Nov 2014

Step Zero After City Of Arlington, Thomas W. Merrill

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Chevron And Deference In State Administrative Law , Aaron J. Saiger Nov 2014

Chevron And Deference In State Administrative Law , Aaron J. Saiger

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What 30 Years Of Chevron Teach Us About The Rest Of Statutory Interpretation , Abbe R. Gluck Nov 2014

What 30 Years Of Chevron Teach Us About The Rest Of Statutory Interpretation , Abbe R. Gluck

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In Search Of Skidmore, Peter L. Strauss Nov 2014

In Search Of Skidmore, Peter L. Strauss

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Chevron And Skidmore In The Workplace: Unhappy Together, James J. Brudney Nov 2014

Chevron And Skidmore In The Workplace: Unhappy Together, James J. Brudney

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Chevron Deference, The Rule Of Law, And Presidential Influence In The Administrative State, Peter M. Shane Nov 2014

Chevron Deference, The Rule Of Law, And Presidential Influence In The Administrative State, Peter M. Shane

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