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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
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What is Admin. Law? Rulemaking Process Finding Rules & Regs Updating Decisions & Other Agency Documents CFR & Fed. Reg.
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Judicial Branch Legislative Branch Statutes Executive Branch Cases Agency Regs, Decisions, Executive Orders, etc.
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How Many Federal Agencies Are There? 10 Pages of this!
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Congress or State Legislature delegates power to agencies Introduction to Regulations Enabling Act ◦ Agency can’t exceed authority APA, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq. ◦ Agencies must follow certain procedures
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Congress or State Legislature delegates power to agencies Agency issues regulations Introduction to Regulations
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Congress or State Legislature delegates power to agencies Agency issues regulations Regulations have the force of law Introduction to Regulations
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Rulemaking
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Federal Register Published daily – except for weekends & holidays Includes: ◦ Notices ◦ Proposed Regs ◦ Final Regs ◦ Presidential Documents ◦ Policy Statements, some guidance documents ◦ Readers’ Aids for tracking rules
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Recognizing a Federal Register Citation 75 Fed. Reg. 81,849 (Dec. 29, 2010). Vol. Source Page # Issue date
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Code of Federal Regulations Subject arrangement of regulations that started in 1938 Updated once a year on a quarterly basis 50 C.F.R. titles with each assigned to a federal agency (Does NOT necessarily correspond to US Code titles)
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Recognizing a CFR Citation 7 C.F.R. § 73.609 (2011). Title Source Section Revision date Part
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Hire me please! ACK!!! How to Handle an Administrative Law Question Big Cheese Axcan Pharma is being sued by some of its Drug Sales Representatives (DSRs) who want to collect overtime. Do they fall within any of the FLSA exemptions regarding overtime?
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I learned about this in boot camp! How to Handle an Administrative Law Question Step 1: Hire me please!
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Analyze Problem, Ask Questions Secondary Sources Common Law or Statutory Law? Common Law Read cases referenced in Secondary Sources Use topic & key numbers to find cases Statutory Use Annotated Code Update code with pocket part and Legislative Service Shepardize/KeyCite cases, statutes, regs, adjudications Read material cited If ambiguous & little / no case law, legislative history Read Administrative Regulations, update regulations, consult adjudications STOP! Same information coming up again and again Where Administrative Law Falls in the Research Process
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How to Handle an Administrative Law Question:
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Background – US Gov’t Manual
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DOL: http://www.dol.govhttp://www.dol.gov
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Exemptions to Overtime
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How to Handle an Administrative Law Question Background Statute: 29 USC § 201 et seq. Regulation: 29 CFR pt. 541 Cases & Adjudications?
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Treatise FLSA Employee Exemption Handbook
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Wow, that wasn’t so bad! How to Handle an Administrative Law Question Hire me please!
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Finding Regulations When You Have a Statute Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules ◦ print CFR Index, Hein Online CFR Index, FDsys USCA / USCS Reference ◦ Print or Lexis / Westlaw Lexis / Westlaw keyword searching ◦ Lexis: Authority segment ◦ Westlaw: CR field Looseleaf / Databases (CCH, BNA)
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Parallel Table of Authorities & Rules
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USCA / USCS Reference
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Field / Segment Search CR(29 /3 213)
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Field / Segment Search
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Authority(29 /3 213)
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Field / Segment Search
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Finding Regulations by Topic CFR Index (NARA) ◦ Print ◦ Hein Online
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Finding Regulations by Topic
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RegulationsPlus Index
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Updating Check currency of source E-CFR Federal Register
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Currency Remember – titles revised on a schedule Currency = July 2011
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Currency
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Currency
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Currency
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Currency
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Currency
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Updating
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Updating
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Updating
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Updating
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Updating CFR Part Fed. Reg. page # No change for 29 C.F.R. pt. 541
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KeyCiting
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Shepardizing
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Shepardizing
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Finding Cases Shepards KeyCite RegulationsPlus on Westlaw West Annotated print
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Annotated C.F.R. in Print To find annotations (cases, secondary links) for C.F.R. sections use: West published annotated versions of Titles 8, 29, 42 Selected titles are reprinted and annotated in subject-specific services (Tax, health, environment, FDA, FCC)
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RegulationsPlus
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RegulationsPlus
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RegulationsPlus
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Judicial Review To Court of Appeals if statute provides for appeal To District Court if there is no provision for appeal Decision by Presiding Officer, Commissioner, or ALJ Appeal to higher entity within the Agency: Exhaustion of Agency Remedies Original Jurisdiction by District Court By statute Agency is plaintiff Federal question Mandamus action AGENCY ACTIONS COURT ACTIONS CONTROVERSY
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Administration Adjudications & Decisions Often not precedential – no stare decisis Not binding on any court (but often given great deference) Print Sources: Majority not published as standalone decisions in print Loose-leaf services and topical services may have admin. Decisions, ex: Federal Securities Law Reporter
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Administration Adjudications & Decisions Check the agency’s website: Check agency website
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Administration Adjudications & Decisions http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/govtinfo/fed_decisions_subject.html
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Administration Adjudications & Decisions Agency websites are all different! ◦ Look for decisions under: Legal FOIA Laws Library Enforcement Interpretations Litigation
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Administrative Adjudications & Decisions Check Lexis
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Administrative Adjudications & Decisions Check Westlaw
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Administrative Adjudications & Decisions Check Loose-leaf / Databases like CCH
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Administrative Adjudications & Decisions Check Loose-leaf / Databases like BNA
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State Regulations Most states have a state register (but not necessarily published daily) Most states also have an administrative code See http://www.administrativerules.orghttp://www.administrativerules.org
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State Codes & Registers
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Ohio http://codes.ohio.gov/oac
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Ohio http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
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Kentucky http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/frntpage.htm
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Ohio - Lexis
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Kentucky - Lexis
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Ohio - Westlaw 1 2
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Ohio is default 1 st folder for Ohio students Kentucky students should look under Other US States
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Ohio – Westlaw
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Ohio - Westlaw
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Kentucky - Westlaw Same as steps for Ohio only Kentucky is default 1 st folder for Kentucky students, Ohio students should look under Other US States
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Presidential Documents Executive Orders Executive Proclamations Executive Statements Treaty Signatory Veto
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Sources of Presidential Documents Weekly compilation of Presidential Documents Papers of the Presidents sets Messages of the Presidents USCCAN Federal Register CFR title 3 http://www.whitehouse.gov http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys
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Questions? Hire me please! Big Cheese Admin. Law Answer Excellent work!! Thanks to boot camp, I knew what I was doing!
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