Chevron’s Demise and its Impact on Health Care

Foley partner Judy Waltz, co-chair of Foley’s Health Care Practice Group, is speaking in the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ 2024 Fall Seminar in a panel titled “Chevron’s Demise and its Impact on Health Care” on November 15.

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the 40-year-old precedence of Chevron deference, holding that Chevron’s rule that courts must defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of ambiguous statutes gave the executive branch interpretive authority that properly belonged with the courts. This decision will change the direction of federal rulemaking, potentially for decades.

This panel will focus on the history of Chevron, concerns about Chevron deference, the Loper Bright decision, California’s Yamaha framework, immediate implications, and what Loper Bright, Jarkesy and Corner Post mean for the future of health care regulation and litigation.