BG&A partner Jonathan Berry was quoted in a recent Bloomberg Law Daily Labor Report about the Department of Labor’s plan to propose and finalize a worker classification regulation defining when workers are independent contractors or employees under federal wage law.

Boyden Gray & Associates partner Jonathan Berry was featured in an article from Bloomberg’s Daily Labor Report on June 3, 2020 about the recently announced plan for Labor Department Inspector General Scott Dahl to […]

“When it comes to addressing the economic urgency, I think that DOL’s going to take some special care to make workplace obligations as crystal clear as humanly possible,” said Jonathan Berry of Boyden Gray & Associates.

On May 12, 2020, BG&A filed an opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in AFPM v. EPA (No. 19-1124), a case concerning EPA’s E15 Rule allowing […]

A regulatory litigator and Supreme Court clerk, Mr. Berry joins the firm after heading the policy office at the U.S. Department of Labor, where he oversaw major regulatory reforms credited with saving the American people billions of dollars.

On February 25, 2020, BG&A filed an amicus brief in the First Circuit in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College, No. 19-2005, on behalf of ten economists and econometrics scholars: […]

On December 31, 2019, BG&A filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in June Medical Services v. Gee, Nos. 18-1323, 18-1460, on behalf of nine African American pro-life organizations: The Radiance Foundation, Civil […]

On December 16, 2019, BG&A and its co-counsel O’Melveny & Myers filed an amicus brief in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (S. Ct. No. 19-7), on behalf of the […]

Today Michelle Valent voluntarily dismissed her Supreme Court case against the Social Security Administration after the agency agreed to a settlement granting her complete relief. Ms. Valent, a disabled beneficiary of the […]

On August 16, 2019, in the case of Valent v. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, BG&A filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule or limit […]

On August 9, 2019, BG&A filed a petition for D.C. Circuit review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule entitled Modifications to Fuel Regulations To Provide Flexibility for E15, on behalf of a […]

On August 8, 2019, BG&A filed a supplemental brief before the Oregon Court of Appeals on behalf Aaron & Melissa Klein. The new brief follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s grant of their […]

On June 19, 2019, the Supreme Court granted Melissa and Aaron Klein’s petition for writ of certiorari in Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, vacated the judgment of the Oregon […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

BG&A partner Adam Gustafson was interviewed for the Member Profile feature of the Federalist Society’s publication The Federalist Paper.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

BG&A partner Adam Gustafson argued the appeal of Melissa and Aaron Klein, former proprietors of Sweetcakes by Melissa, before the Oregon Court of Appeals Thursday. The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. : […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On the heels of an opinion by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit holding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutional, the Wall Street Journal recognized BG&A Founding Partner C. Boyden Gray […]

Boyden Gray & Associates filed a reply brief today on behalf of Aaron and Melissa Klein, the proprietors of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, in a case before the Oregon Court of Appeals raising important questions […]

In March, BG&A submitted a report to the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General on behalf of the Energy Future Coalition and Urban Air Initiative detailing EPA’s failure to update the Agency’s science […]

BG&A submitted comments on the Department of Justice’s proposed partial consent decree with Volkswagen, requiring VW to make $1.2 billion in investments to support “Zero Emission Vehicles” (“ZEVs”) powered by electricity. BG&A argues that as a threshold matter, […]

On behalf of the Energy Future Coalition, Urban Air Initiative, Governors’ Biofuels Coalition, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, 25x’25 Alliance, Nebraska Ethanol Board, and Nebraska Ethanol Industry Coalition, Boyden Gray & Associates filed […]

The Supreme Court unanimously vacated former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s public corruption conviction on June 27th, citing an amicus brief signed by former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray and his predecessors […]

In a letter to the Galen Institute, former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray addresses HHS’s claimed authority to divert billions owed to the United States Treasury to eligible insurance issuers under […]

Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray testified Thursday before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Financial Services, regarding Congress’ power of the purse. Recent Justice Department mortgage settlements related to banks’ […]

Boyden Gray & Associates filed a brief this Monday on behalf of Aaron and Melissa Klein, the proprietors of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, in a case before the Oregon Court of Appeals […]

On behalf of the Energy Future Coalition, the Urban Air Initiative, and the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition, Boyden Gray & Associates filed a Request for Correction of Information asking EPA to revise its […]

On behalf of legal scholars Ronald A. Cass and Christopher DeMuth, as well as the Judicial Education Project, Boyden Gray & Associates and King & Spalding jointly filed an amicus brief in the […]

Today former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray gave an interview on NPR about “What Happens Behind the Scenes of Nominating a Supreme Court Justice.”

Boyden Gray commented on Scalia’s death and its implications for the current Supreme Court term in the Washington Examiner on February 13: Gray called Scalia’s death a big loss for him personally and for the […]

On Thursday, Boyden Gray & Associates argued on behalf of Kansas and Nebraska in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The case is a challenge to EPA’s vehicular emissions model, […]

On Thursday, Ambassador Boyden Gray spoke on a panel commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University: Clayland […]

On behalf of the States of Kansas and Nebraska, Boyden Gray & Associates filed the final briefs yesterday in a challenge to EPA’s new vehicular emissions model, MOVES2014. The States are required […]

Today, EPA granted BG&A’s appeal in a Freedom of Information Act case seeking records pertaining to EPA’s patent for engines designed to operate on mid-level ethanol blends. BG&A filed this FOIA request […]

On behalf of the American Action Forum, Boyden Gray & Associates filed papers yesterday in support of a petition for rehearing en banc in Bible v. Student Aid Funds in the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]

C. Boyden Gray, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union will deliver the Frank G. Raichle Lecture at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday September 15. His lecture is entitled “U.S./European Trade […]

On August 17, Boyden Gray & Associates filed a complaint in the D.C. District Court challenging EPA’s failure to produce documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The […]

On Aug. 6, Boyden Gray & Associates filed a brief in the D.C. Circuit, challenging the FCC’s unprecedented power grab over the Internet. In U.S. Telecom Association v. FCC, Nos. 15-1063 et […]

From today’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal: Days after Team Obama celebrated the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank, a federal appeals court has revived a challenge to one of the financial law’s […]

BG&A helped to secure a significant victory for the State National Bank of Big Spring, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the 60 Plus Association, in their ongoing litigation challenging the unconstitutionally structured […]

Today Boyden Gray testified on the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution. Ambassador Gray raised concerns […]

Boyden Gray & Associates has completed briefing and arguing a challenge to an EPA rule governing the certification of new vehicles, on behalf of biofuel producers and environmental organizations. On February 12, Boyden Gray & Associates […]

On July 2, Boyden Gray & Associates filed the Petitioners’ opening brief in Kansas v. EPA (D.C. Cir. No. 14-1268), challenging EPA’s new vehicular emissions model. In the challenged rule, which was promulgated without notice and […]

Boyden Gray, Adam White, and Adam Gustafson spoke on the practical effects of administrative procedure on agency rulemaking at a Regulatory Boot Camp for Policy Advisors hosted at the Capitol on April 1. […]

For the second year in a row, Super Lawyers Washington D.C. edition recognized BG&A’s Adam White as a “Rising Star.” Adam specializes in administrative law and appellate work covering energy, environmental, and financial regulation […]

BG&A successfully represented active and senior judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in litigation against the Federal Government for lost compensation and annuity payments arising from […]

BG&A filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, on behalf of the Galen Institute, a non-profit health and tax policy research organization, as well as several state legislators. […]

On September 23, Boyden Gray & Associates counsel Adam White analyzed the upcoming Supreme Court term at a National Press Club event sponsored by the Federalist Society. The panel discussion — moderated […]

On July 22, the D.C. Circuit held that the Health and Human Services Department’s program for health care exchanges violated the Affordable Care Act’s unambiguous terms. Boyden Gray & Associates had filed an amicus brief on […]

Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray gave an interview yesterday on NPR on environmental regulation through government-created markets for emissions trading. Well, it’s not a new idea, it’s been kicking around […]

BG&A’s Adam White has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers‘ 2014 Washington D.C. edition. Adam was recognized for his work in administrative law, which along with constitutional issues is one […]

On April 2, the Heritage Foundation hosted an event to mark the release of Red Tape Rising: Five Years of Regulatory Expansion. BG&A counsel Adam White spoke on the subject Congress’s role in both facilitating […]

Ambassador Boyden Gray spoke on CNBC’s Kudlow Report about the U.S. response to Russia’s aggression in the Ukraine on Friday. Gray said beefing up the NATO military presence in Eastern Europe could […]

Yesterday Boyden Gray testified in support of the Regulatory Accountability Act before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal […]

In response to a tidal wave of public opposition, HHS’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services informed Congress on Monday that the agency is shelving its proposal to participate in Medicare Part D […]

Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus brief in King v. Sebelius, in the Fourth Circuit, challenging the IRS rule allowing “premium assistance credits” for health plans purchased through federal Exchanges. The Affordable Care Act limits […]

On February 24, Boyden Gray & Associates released an opinion letter explaining why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s recent reinterpretation of Medicare Part D’s noninterference provision is unlawful and unsustainable. This […]

On February 11, Boyden Gray & Associates joined co-counsel O’Melveny & Myers in filing the Private Appellants’ opening brief in State National Bank of Big Spring v. Lew (D.C. Cir. No. 13-5247). […]

Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus brief in Halbig v. Sebelius, in the D.C. Circuit, on behalf of the Galen Institute, a non-profit health and tax policy research organization. The brief argues, […]

Boyden Gray recently spoke with CBS News about the brief he filed in the Supreme Court’s recess appointment case, Noel Canning v. NLRB, and about the cyclical nature of executive branch expansion (typified by […]

C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel under President George H.W. Bush, is representing groups that are challenging the constitutionality of Cordray’s appointment — made the same day as the NLRB appointments. […]

On November 25, 2013, Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court’s recess appointments case, Noel Canning v. NLRB, on behalf of the State National Bank of Big Spring, […]

C. Boyden Gray, the former White House counsel and ambassador, is among the conservative lawyers urging the Supreme Court to severely constrain the Obama administration’s ability to fill executive branch vacancies during […]

Boyden Gray, White House Counsel during President George H. W. Bush’s administration, sat down with the MacIver News Service recently to talk about the dramatic overreach of government. Gray says that the […]