The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a foundation in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examination and post grant proceedings, in patent and trademark federal court cases and in ...

A federal judge in Rochester, NY, has ruled he can review the denial of a rulemaking petition that suggests USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service should prohibit behavior that has the potential to ...

Presidents and their appointees, rather than career civil servants, have played the leading role in developing Title IX rules. Federal courts have also played a key role, first expanding and—more ...

On March 14, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memorandum in the Federal Register that all agency actions involving trade, specifically “the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, ...

For decades, negotiated rulemaking has been used by administrations of both parties to enact major changes to Department of Education rules. While negotiated rulemaking was initially intended to make ...