Join Us on July 29, 2024 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

NASCUS is pleased to announce the next topic in our series of complimentary webinars for all members: What Comes After Chevron?

The Supreme Court has dramatically restructured the framework for agency deference through a series of decisions. In this webinar, Bradford Harding & David Gossett, partners with Davis Wright Tremaine, will discuss SCOTUS’s landmark decisions in Loper Bright & Corner Post and the resulting overturning of Chevron deference as we have known it. The session will explore the implications of rulemaking and guidance from federal banking agencies and the potential impact on state agencies as well.

Bradford Hardin

Bradford Hardin is a trusted advisor to general counsels and senior executives. Clients call on him for help with their toughest problems—when regulatory issues, internal failures, or government controversies require deep experience, quick action, and tact. He has been recognized as a leading practitioner in The National Law Journal, Super Lawyers, and Law360.

Bradford’s practice focuses on consumer financial services—whether advising on regulatory compliance and new product development or defending investigations of consumer products. He has defended large banks, credit unions, and fintech companies in CFPB investigations since the Bureau’s inception and has extensive experience responding to inquiries by the FDIC, OCC, DOJ, and HUD, among others. He has also led sensitive internal investigations to successful, private resolutions.

Bradford and his team have provided legal support to some of the most innovative deposits, lending, card, payments, and fintech infrastructure projects in recent years. Clients have sought Bradford’s counsel for his solutions-oriented approach to developing new products, overcoming regulatory barriers, and getting to market. He also connects clients with the firm at large across litigation, privacy, transactions, tax, IP, employment, and other areas.

David M. Gossett

David Gossett is a leading appellate and regulatory litigator who uses his years of practice in government and the private sector to represent and advise internet, tech, fintech, communications, energy, and other clients facing cutting-edge issues.

David has successfully argued in the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous other federal and state courts of appeals and has briefed cases in every federal court of appeals and numerous trial courts. He has handled appeals across a wide swath of matters—ranging from antitrust to bankruptcy law to class-action certification to constitutional law to federal preemption to the enforcement of arbitration agreements—but has particular expertise in federal regulation and administrative law. He has handled cases addressing rules and other agency actions from, among other agencies, the CFPB, DOL, FCC, FERC, FDA, FMCSA, IRS, NHTSA, NPS, and STB.

Before joining DWT, David served as deputy general counsel at the FCC where he oversaw all of the Commission’s litigation. In addition to his time at the FCC, David’s government experience also includes serving as the initial assistant general counsel for litigation at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he helped stand up the agency and set up and ran the appellate and defensive litigation group; and working as a trial attorney in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice.

David’s unique government experience gives him particular insight into the federal regulatory system. In addition to representing clients in litigation challenging and defending regulatory actions, David helps clients respond to investigations and enforcement matters; participate in agency rulemaking proceedings; identify and solve regulatory problems; navigate regulations in the product-development process; and handle the complex interplay between agency and congressional attention.