Administrative and Regulatory Law
Our Practice
Areas of Practice
The Administrative and Regulatory Law Practice Group at Young Clement Rivers, LLP consists of skilled attorneys with a deep and exceptionally diverse range of experience. They represent clients before federal, state, and local agencies, regulatory boards, and commissions.
Experience
The group has extensive and specific experience in matters related to:
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Alcohol Regulations, licensing, and enforcement
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Aviation law
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Certificates of need (CON)
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Department of Health and Environmental Control matters
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Federal Aviation Administration matters
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Government contract work
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Health care law
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Insurance regulation
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Labor licensing
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Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) issues
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Planning and zoning
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Procurement
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Public Service Commission matters
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Financing Structures
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Telephone regulation
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Territorial assignment actions
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Trucking and transportation
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Utility regulation
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Any action arising out of a state agency
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Regulatory Matters
The group has a particular focus in the area of insurance regulatory matters, including:
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Agent and broker licensing
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Approval of intercompany agreements
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Captive insurance company formation, licensure, and governance
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Enforcement proceedings
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Government financed insurance programs
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HMOs
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Insurance receiverships and rehabilitation proceedings
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Medicaid and Medicare
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Medicare advantage programs
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Pharmacy benefit managers
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Procurement
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Traditional insurance company formation and licensure
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Statewide Representation
With offices in Columbia and Charleston, the practice group is able to provide thorough statewide coverage to clients, while also maintaining a strong presence in the local Charleston community. The firm is known and respected in Charleston’s business community and has extensive experience working with and appearing before city and county boards and commissions on such issues as zoning, business licensing, and tax matters.
Administrative Experience
The group’s attorneys are experienced administrative law litigators who possess extensive knowledge of state government. They have built a strong reputation in South Carolina that allows the firm to effectively represent the interests of its clients.
Group chair Michael Molony was instrumental in helping to establish the South Carolina Administrative Law Court and serves on the Administrative Law Council.
Our Clients
Young Clement Rivers, LLP lawyers represent clients in most sectors of the state’s economy, including:
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Insurance companies
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Captive insurers
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Telecommunications industry
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Electric utilities
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Manufacturing companies
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Major software and technology companies
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Public and quasi-public agencies
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Health care providers
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Physician groups
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Local governmental entities
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Collaboration
The group often practices in close cooperation with the Commercial Transactions Practice Group to successfully counsel companies seeking to do business in South Carolina on a myriad of issues from formation to taxation to zoning questions.
The group’s attorneys also have extensive experience in the state’s appellate courts and may associate with members of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Appeals Practice Group to seamlessly handle appeals.
ADR
In addition to their extensive litigation skills, the group frequently uses alternative forms of dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, to help clients efficiently and effectively resolve disputes.