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Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 12:00–1:00 PM (CT)

Water’s Uncertain Future

An overview of the current water challenges facing agriculture, with emphasis on depleting aquifers (for example, Ogallala) and drought-stricken rivers (for example, Colorado River). Time will be spent discussing policy changes and potential legal solutions, along with a primer on water law generally.

Gage Zobell helps clients acquire, develop, and operate their agricultural, natural resource, and renewable energy projects. He focuses primarily on natural resource, agricultural, and renewable energy development. He regularly assists oil and gas, mining, renewable energy, and agricultural clients with acquisition and divestiture, project development, permitting, and operating their projects. Gage enjoys partnering with his clients from the onset of pre-project planning and design, through community outreach and land-use planning, to project development and permitting, and into end-of-life planning and divestiture. He regularly reviews project development plans, surveys, and title insurance commitments, and assists with local land-use planning and title review, due diligence, and curative. He assists in project development by helping clients navigate, among other issues, NHPA Section 106 consultations, BLM and USFS land access and approvals, and coordinating land use permitting with state and local agencies. In addition, Gage maintains an active water law practice throughout the Intermountain West. He assists oil & gas, mining, agricultural, and renewable energy companies in due diligence, acquiring, permitting, and defending water assets. His varied water law practice includes permitting saltwater disposal wells, defending water rights through basin adjudications, and representing clients before state agencies in change of use applications. He also regularly assists clients in acquiring and divesting of water assets through negotiating and drafting water supply agreements, municipal water contracts, water leases, options, and purchase and sale agreements.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM (CT)

Chevron Deference on the Chopping Block: Pragmatic Pointers About How the Supreme Court May Curtail Overreach by Federal Regulatory Agencies

Administrative law experts will bring lofty subjects down to earth in a practical discussion of how regulated industries may be affected by two decisions. On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce – cases that will determine the extent to which courts may curtail overreach by federal regulatory agencies. The cases ask the Court to overrule or narrow Chevron deference, thereby limiting how courts defer to a federal agency’s implementation of the statutes that it administers in regulating private industry. The Loper Bright and Relentless cases are likely to have major implications for any business regulated by a federal agency. The Supreme Court delved deeply into the balance of power among the three branches of government, causing a historic shift in administrative law.

Dan Jarcho represents clients in federal trial court and appellate litigation involving federal regulatory issues. Dan has litigated numerous Administrative Procedure Act challenges to federal agency actions, including cases involving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Defense, Treasury, and Interior, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He has defended clients in a wide variety of investigations and enforcement actions initiated by federal agencies and the U.S. Department of Justice. He is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in FDA Law and as a leading practitioner for life sciences in Who’s Who Legal. Dan worked as a trial attorney in the DOJ Civil Division’s Office of Consumer Litigation, representing the FDA in federal civil and criminal litigation. He also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The Legal Aid Society of D.C. honored him with the 2022 Servant of Justice Award for his dedication and achievement in ensuring equal access to justice.

Christopher J. (“CJ”) Frisina is a senior associate in the Health Care Group at Alston & Bird and focuses his practice on health care fraud, waste, and abuse as well as compliance matters, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties, and the False Claims Act. CJ has advised a variety of health care providers and suppliers, including hospital systems, retail and specialty pharmacies, long-term care and senior living facilities, and clinical laboratories. He has represented his clients in criminal, civil, and administrative investigations and routinely assists clients in responding to government inquiries, including from the Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HHS Office of Inspector General, and the Office of Personnel Management. Before joining Alston & Bird, CJ practiced at a boutique Washington, D.C. law firm focused on federal grant funding. This experience has allowed CJ to assist health care providers and suppliers with their receipt, use, and reporting of assistance received from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. CJ also served as a procurement analyst for the HHS Office of Recipient Integrity, focusing solely on suspension and debarment matters. Super Lawyers named CJ to its Rising Stars list for health care law for 2021-2023. He is certified in health care compliance (CHC) by the Health Care Compliance Association.

Please note:
1. This CLE webinar is offered to current, dues-paid AALA members only as a membership benefit.
2. This program is being offered for CLE credit in each attendee’s jurisdiction.
3. The CLE reporting will not occur until after the program.
4. Pre-registration and active participation during the webinar are required to receive CLE credit.
5. AALA will do its best to secure CLE credit for all members who attend, but it is possible that some states may not approve the webinar.
6. CLE credit will not be offered to those who only watch the recorded version provided afterward on the AALA Member Site.

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