Does One State Agency Have The Power To Declare Another State Agency's Regulation To Be Invalid?

As a former teacher of Administrative Law, I am interested in a recent request to the California Attorney General for an opinion whether the California Office of Tax Appeals has the authority to declare regulations adopted by another state agency to...

Court Finds That The SEC Acted Arbitrarily and Capriciously In Adopting Share Repurchase Rule

When the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to adopt a rule a rule requiring issuers to report day-to-day share repurchase data once a quarter and to disclose the reason why the issuer repurchased shares of its own stock, I submitted a ...

California Bill Would Require Notice To The Attorney General 6 Months Before Making Any Purchase From A Grocery Store!

California Assemblymember  Brian Maienschein has introduced a bill, AB 853, that seemingly would impose a notification burden on just about anyone anywhere:

Can Nonprecedential Decisions Be Relied Upon?

Yesterday's post noted that an administrative decision had not been listed as a "precedent decision".  Today's post will delve into the role of precedential and nonprecedential agency decisions.

The DFPI's Subterranean "True Lender" Doctrine

Some readers may recall that two years ago the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency adopted a "true lender" rule.  That rule The rule specified that a bank makes a loan and is the true lender if, as of the date of origination, it (1) is named...

Agency Cannot Avoid Rulemaking By Contract

As has been noted over the years in this space, California strictly prohibits "underground regulations". These are regulations adopted and enforced by state agencies without complying with the public notice and comment requirements of the California...

Arizona Court Holds Judge Need Not Hear Case To Write Recommended Decision

California's Administrative Procedure Act requires that an administrative law judge preside over contested administrative hearings.  Cal. Gov't Code § 11512(a).  However, the agency determines whether the administrative law judge (ALJ) hears the case...

Are Industry Comments The Only Comments That Matter?

Under the federal Administrative Procedure Act's informal rule making mandate, agencies must give interested persons an opportunity to participate in rule making through submission of written data, views, or arguments with or without opportunity for...

White House Orders Agencies To Offer Opinion Letters Or Does It?

Last month, the White House issued this fact sheet concerning two executive orders intended "to improve the transparency and fairness of government agencies and ensure that they are held accountable".  The fact sheet describes the "Transparency and...

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