BG&A partner Adam Gustafson testified today at a hearing before the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations. The hearing concerned EPA’s reconsideration of the Obama Administration’s supplemental finding that EPA’s Mercury and […]
BG&A partner Adam Gustafson will speak tomorrow on litigation against government agencies at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s 19th Annual National Policy Conference. Gustafson will join Professor Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law), Mark Chenoweth […]
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray spoke on PBS NewsHour about Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the Mueller report, and what happens next. On the false narrative of Russian collusion, Gray said: “There’s a […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Adam Gustafson discussed pending litigation and forthcoming rulemakings concerning biofuels at the Iowa Renewable Fuel Summit, in a conversation with Iowa RFA Executive Director Monte Shaw. Gustafson expressed hope for market […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Adam Gustafson will speak on the future of federal biofuels policy as part of a panel of experts at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit this month. His fellow panelists are Donnell […]
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray will deliver the keynote address tomorrow at a conference of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State: New Normals? The Trump Administration, the Courts, […]
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray wrote and spoke about the legacy and person of President George H.W. Bush in the days following his passing. President Bush’s policies and judicial appointees set the stage for […]
Andrew Varcoe, a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, was recently named as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group. “It’s a great honor to assume this […]
BG&A filed three sets of comments on NHTSA and EPA’s Proposed Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. It their notice of proposed rulemaking, the agencies requested comment on “the potential benefits and disbenefits of high-octane fuel” […]
BG&A partner Andrew Varcoe is speaking on a panel on climate change litigation on October 11, 2018, at the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Section’s annual year-in-review continuing legal education (CLE) event. The central […]
On Monday, Boyden Gray & Associates filed comments on behalf of Urban Air Initiative urging EPA to correct its erroneous modeling of ethanol’s effect on gasoline emissions. The comments came in response to EPA’s Advanced Notice of […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Andrew Varcoe is moderating a panel on gene editing in crops and animals at a conference co-sponsored by the National Agricultural Law Center, the National Association of Attorneys General, and Arkansas […]
On July 30, 2018, Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of prominent economists in a lawsuit against Harvard University for alleged racial discrimination in the college admissions process. The case, Students […]
On behalf of Urban Air Initiative and a coalition of ethanol producers and agricultural stakeholders, and separately on behalf of Illinois Corn Growers Association and Missouri Corn Growers Association, BG&A persuaded EPA to consider the role of midlevel ethanol […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Adam Gustafson has been named a Vice Chair of the Air Quality Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. At BG&A, Mr. Gustafson has practiced in […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Andrew Varcoe will be speaking on November 13 on regulatory issues relating to high-octane, low-carbon fuels as part of a Capitol Hill panel briefing, sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Study […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Adam Gustafson was named to the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group. Executive Committee members help direct the efforts of the practice group by organizing […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Andrew Varcoe has been selected to speak at a panel on environmental law and food law at the 25th Anniversary Fall Conference of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Section of Environment, […]
Today Boyden Gray & Associates partner Adam Gustafson represented Urban Air Initiative at an EPA hearing on the Midterm Evaluation of EPA’s greenhouse gas standards for new vehicles. Mr. Gustafson commended EPA for reopening the Midterm […]
On behalf of the Urban Air Initiative, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, 25x’25 Alliance, Nebraska Ethanol Board, and Nebraska Ethanol Industry Coalition, Boyden Gray & Associates filed comments on EPA’s Proposed Renewable Fuel Standard Rule for 2018, […]
On behalf of Kevin Donovan, M.D., BG&A filed an amicus brief last week in support of the State of Texas in Planned Parenthood v. Smith (5th Cir.), an appeal of a district court decision rejecting Texas’s disqualification of certain Planned Parenthood entities […]
Adam Gustafson will speak at the annual conference of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) on Thursday, in Omaha, Nebraska. He will discuss the regulatory opportunities and challenges that confront the auto industry and others who […]
In recent articles in The Recorder, Boyden Gray & Associates partner Andrew Varcoe and Professor Douglas Kysar, the Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, offered dueling views on a rare mandamus […]
Adam Gustafson will speak about the future of the biofuel market at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Minneapolis on Tuesday, June 20. Mr. Gustafson is a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates. His fellow panelists are Tammy Klein […]
Andrew Varcoe, a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, was recently named to the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group. The Federalist Society, founded in 1982, provides a forum […]
Boyden Gray spoke at the Free State Foundation’s Ninth Annual Telecom Policy Conference last month at the National Press Club. He addressed judicial deference to agency interpretations, the major questions doctrine, the “Net Neutrality” case decided by […]
On behalf of the Urban Air Initiative and a coalition of environmental organizations, renewable fuel producers, and farm boards, BG&A filed comments with EPA’s Regulatory Reform Task Force concerning its evaluation of existing regulations. BG&A’s comments ask EPA […]
Adam Gustafson, a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, will speak at the Indiana Ethanol Forum on Thursday, May 11, about removing regulatory barriers to biofuel use in motor vehicle fuel. Boyden Gray & Associates represents Urban Air Initiative […]
On behalf of TechFreedom, CARI.net, and individual tech innovators, BG&A filed briefs before the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2015, arguing that the FCC’s Open Internet Order is unlawful. A divided panel upheld the FCC’s […]
Boyden Gray & Associates partner Andrew Varcoe will be speaking on a panel on new developments in agricultural biotechnology on April 19, 2017, at a mini-conference jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of […]
Andrew R. Varcoe has joined Boyden Gray & Associates, PLLC (BG&A), as a partner in the firm’s office in Washington, DC. Most recently, Mr. Varcoe served as Deputy General Counsel for Agriculture and Environment at the […]
Today BG&A and O’Melveny & Myers filed an amicus brief in PHH v. CFPB challenging the unconstitutional structure of the CFPB. The case is now before the en banc D.C. Circuit following a panel decision that held […]
BG&A has successfully petitioned EPA to include Urban Air Initiative and the Energy Future Coalition as members of EPA’s MOVES Review Work Group, a committee of technical experts that advises EPA on the MOVES model, the […]
On behalf of the Urban Air Initiative and a coalition of environmental organizations, renewable fuel producers, and farm boards, BG&A filed comments on Thursday, concerning EPA’s Proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule, which would regulate […]
Former Ambassador C. Boyden Gray commented Thursday on the prospect of reaching a “quick” bilateral trade deal between Britain and the U.S. On Britain’s ability to negotiate unilaterally before exiting the E.U. : It doesn’t make much […]
On January 19, 2017, the States of Kansas and Nebraska, joined by the Energy Future Coalition and Urban Air Initiative, filed a formal Request for Correction of Information, petitioning EPA to withdraw false estimates of ethanol’s […]
Former Ambassador C. Boyden Gray appeared on NPR’s “On Point” to debate the fate of the environment in a Trump Administration. The full recording is available here: On U.S. Greenhouse Gas reductions: The United States has […]
The WSJ quoted former ambassador C. Boyden Gray’s opinion that a giant aluminum stockpile, recently shipped from the Mexican desert to Vietnam, belongs to a prominent Chinese aluminum company. The full article is available here. “A […]
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray recently spoke with news outlets in support of President-Elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Donald McGahn to serve as White House Counsel. In a statement reported by Fox News, Gray […]
Boyden Gray spoke with Bloomberg’s David Westin on Tuesday about the Trump Transition and the new Administration’s relationship to Europe. The video is available here. On the urgency of filling sub-cabinet positions in the Administration: [T]he […]