Michael Theis

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Michael Theis |Katie Wellington |Jackson Skeen

(March 18, 2025) - Hogan Lovells attorneys Michael C. Theis, Katie Wellington and Jackson Skeen discuss False Claims Act enforcement in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,1 the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine. Under Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v.

Oct 2, 2024 | lexology.com | Michael Theis |Katie Wellington |Jessica Ellsworth |Katy Forsstrom |Danielle Stempel |Susan Cook | +2 more

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine. Under Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. National Resources Defense Council, courts were required to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute administered by the agency in certain circumstances.

Jun 12, 2024 | chronicle.com | Michael Theis |Erica Lusk |Maura Mahoney

Maryann Dang, 18, grew up in Winona, a rural town in Mississippi that is so small, she says, people stop in for “just a little bit, to get gas on the way to somewhere else, or to, like, pick up some food, but they never really stay.” She herself never expected to leave Winona after high school, and assumed colleges were looking for “high-level kids from the big cities that did all these competitions and won all these awards.” Midway through high school she realized that colleges look for “all...

Nov 13, 2023 | chronicle.com | Erica Lusk |Katherine Mangan |Carmen Mendoza |Michael Theis

Prison education has long been a part of America’s culture. For the better part of the 20th century, formal education programs played an important role in efforts to rehabilitate incarcerated individuals. Yet paying higher-education fees has always presented challenges. Difficulties increased drastically in 1994 when the U.S. government, believing that taxpayers should not cover college costs for those convicted of crimes, stripped the incarcerated of their ability to apply for Pell Grants.

Aug 30, 2023 | chronicle.com | Michael Theis |Erica Lusk |Carmen Mendoza

If you’d met Edris Tajik at Bard College earlier this summer, his life might have seemed like that of a typical college student. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science in May, he was still living on campus, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, completing an internship and getting ready to move across the country for graduate school. He visited with classmates still on campus. He worked at the dining hall and as an usher at the performing-arts center.