Comparative Administrative law is a difficult subject. It is necessary to steer a course between the assumption that all systems are singular, shaped by a plethora of distinctive features that are ...

A state Division of Administrative Hearings judge has been suspended for accusing the agency’s director of making what are known as improper “ex parte communications” when reviewing an order in a case ...

Justices appeared poised to curb the authority of agencies’ in-house judges. The effects of their ruling could reach agencies like EPA, the Interior Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory ...

In addition to creating rules that govern both private and public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) uses an in-house, government legal system—Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)—to ...

Because of the Biden administration’s ambitious regulatory agenda, federal courts over the last few years have had to address the statutory and constitutional boundaries up to which agencies can enact ...

In one of his earliest — and most far-reaching — actions as the state's chief executive, Gov. Ron DeSantis reshaped the Florida Supreme Court, with the appointment of three justices who have cemented ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) --The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that questions the constitutionality of using administrative law judges in federal agencies. In Security ...

The law is clear: administrative leave must be short, justified, and used sparingly. But federal agencies—and the Office of Personnel Management—are using it as a legally dubious and enormously ...

(This article was published on September 1, 2024. For the latest post-Jarkesy developments, see Navigating SEC Administrative Proceedings on Practical Law.) In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform ...