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May 22, 2018 — Pharmacy Times
The State of Provider Status Legislation
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5 Key Questions As ACA Repeal Hangs By Thread
July 18, 2017 — Law360
Compromise is the Key to Moving Forward After Trump's First 100 Days
April 24, 2017 — The Hill
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June 28, 2016 — Law360
Kenneth Feinberg Named to Lead Terrorism Compensation Fund
March 30, 2016 — The New York Times
How HIPAA Myths Block Data Exchange
October 28, 2015 — HealthcareInfoSecurity
Does Washington Understand Implementing Its Health IT Policies?
October 21, 2015 — POLITICO Pro
Q&A: Ex-ONC Policy Director Jodi Daniel
October 20, 2015 — POLITICO Pro
Appeals Court Blocks Obama’s Attempt to Expand EPA Reach Over Wetlands
October 9, 2015 — Forbes
Utilities Win Big As Supreme Court Orders EPA to Consider Cost in Regs
June 29, 2015 — Forbes
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Thomas A. Lorenzen, a Washington, D.C.-based Environment & Natural Resources partner, discusses with Forbes the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Michigan v. EPA, which rejected the Obama administration's stance that the EPA need not consider costs when it determines that a utility pollutant must be regulated. The case, considered a challenge by the utility industry and 23 states whose electricity rates would likely rise if coal-fired power plants close, will now return to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. "It means that EPA can really no longer take any comfort in the fact there is a Chevron doctrine out there," Lorenzen said. "The courts are going to look skeptically" at regulations that have a major effect on the economy, he said. Lorenzen was also quoted in Bloomberg, Bloomberg BNA, Congressional Quarterly, Financial Times, Law360, and Greenwire for his analysis of this high-profile ruling.
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Keystone Pipeline Likely Has Life After Veto
February 11, 2015 — Law360
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Washington, D.C.-based senior counsel in the firm's Environment & Natural Resources Group, Robert Meyers, talks with Law360 regarding Congress' approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, which is likely going to be vetoed by President Obama. With a veto looming, Meyers offers that Congress may look at other areas, such as transmission siting and grid reliability, that don’t have the political history of Keystone and could have some reasonable prospect of success in 2015. "I imagine the House will reach out in a bipartisan manner on the type of economic issues where you can get that, as opposed to those that boil down to environmental issues," Meyers said.
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Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell & Moring's Elliott Laws
January 5, 2015 — Law360
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Elliott Laws, a Washington D.C.-based partner in the firm's Government Affairs and Environment & Natural Resources groups, shares his perspective on five questions about his own experiences breaking the glass ceiling in the legal industry. He also offers insight on the importance of diversity within law firms, and advice for firms looking to increase diversity within their ranks.
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Labor & Employment Legislation, Regulation to Watch in 2015
January 2, 2015 — Law360
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Thomas P. Gies, a Labor & Employment Group partner based in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office, talks to Law360 about the year's upcoming notable labor and employment legislation. In particular, Gies discusses the Department of Labor's efforts to revamp overtime standards under the Fair Labor Standards Act. "It would certainly generate another flood of lawsuits, and I think it's a big deal," Gies said of the overtime rule-making push.
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