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25Sep

Kisor v. Wilkie and judicial deference to agency determinations—Are there implications for employee benefits litigation and the DOL fiduciary rule?

In June 2019, a unanimous Supreme Court in Kisor v. Wilkie retained but limited the scope of Auer deference – the court-created doctrine that courts should defer to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulations or other pronouncements. In...
By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/kisor-v-wilkie-and-judicial-deference-47650/

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