Lobbyists Brace for ‘Earth-Moving’ Change After Chevron Ruling

Lobbyists are expecting a major transformation in the way Washington works, and how they influence Congress and the executive branch, after the court’s landmark decision to overturn the Chevron deference doctrine.

“This is an earth-moving event,” said Rich Gold, who runs the lobbying practice at Holland & Knight. “Chevron underpins all of modern policymaking from Congress to the executive branch.”

The longstanding doctrine, overturned Friday in a 6-3 decision, meant that lower courts gave deference to executive branch agencies when they issued the regulations to implement laws Congress wrote while leaving plenty of room for interpretation.

Congress, and the lobbyists ...