Venable’s Geiger sees potential impacts from Supreme Court Chevron case on cyber regulations

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a longstanding ruling giving agencies the ability to interpret federal laws will have a “sweeping effect on regulations” in cybersecurity, according to Venable’s Harley Geiger.

The Looper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo opinion released on June 28 overturned a 1984 case which established the “Chevron doctrine” and “called for judges to give deference to federal agencies’ interpretation of laws passed by Congress,” Geiger says in a Monday blog post from Venable’s Center for...