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 Social Security Act, was fined $126,210 for failing to report work activity she allegedly performed for a family member’s veterans’ organization while collecting disability benefits. But the 1999…
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 the doctrine of Chevron deference. Under the Court’s 1984 decision in Chevron, U.S.A. v. NRDC, courts defer to a government agency’s “reasonable” interpretation of the law whenever a…
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 al., several parties challenging the FCC’s decision to regulate the Internet as a common carrier. BG&A filed on behalf of Intervenors challenging the FCC. Specifically, we filed on…