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#supreme-court
fromFortune
22 hours ago
US politics

Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power on removing heads of independent agencies | Fortune

US politics
fromwww.sun-sentinel.com
2 months ago

Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump's power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling

The Supreme Court will consider overturning Humphrey's Executor, potentially allowing presidents to remove independent agency commissioners at will and reshaping agency independence.
US politics
fromEsquire
2 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts Is Trying His Darnedest to Make Trump a Dictator

The Supreme Court's conservative majority is narrowing protections for independent agencies by allowing presidents to remove commissioners without cause, signaling erosion of Humphrey's Executor precedent.
fromFortune
22 hours ago
US politics

Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power on removing heads of independent agencies | Fortune

Marketing
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The 'Mad Men' are dead! Long live the new advertising lions!

Omnicom's $13 billion acquisition of IPG triggers roughly 4,000 layoffs, consolidates major agency brands, and targets $750 million in cost synergies.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Appeals court hands Trump a victory, OK'ing firing of two independent agency heads

A federal appeals court ruled President Trump lawfully removed two independent-agency members despite statutory for-cause protections, citing the agencies' executive and rulemaking powers.
Law
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Restore fired FTC commissioner, consumer protection groups tell Supreme Court

Supreme Court review of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter's firing could overturn Humphrey's Executor, risking politicization and weakening effectiveness of independent agencies like the FTC.
Artificial intelligence
fromAdExchanger
4 weeks ago

Hold On, Holdcos; Rags To Riches | AdExchanger

Agency holdco consolidation and AI-driven RAG adoption are reshuffling account ownership, benefiting midsize independents and prompting publishers to machine-format archives for LLM grounding and citations.
fromThe Drum
3 months ago

How agencies are finding power in the middle as independent networks reshape the market

Agencyland has long been thought of as a two-tier system. Over here, you have your 'networks,' typified by giant global holding companies such as WPP and its myriad sub-brands. And over there, you have 'independents' (the very best of which you'll find in our Indie Agency 100 list): shops with no links to those networks, owned by themselves or their founders and calling their own shots.
Marketing
#trump-administration
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
6 months ago

The Drafters of a Key 1940s Law Feared an American Dictator. Trump Is Blowing That Law Up.

Trump's administration undermines foundational executive policymaking principles established decades ago.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
7 months ago

Trump fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission

Trump's administration is testing presidential power limits by firing Democratic commissioners from independent agencies.
fromDigiday
4 months ago

As AI alters cost of creative, indie agencies review how they charge clients

Generative AI tools promise enormous economies of scale for small creative agency teams. Good news for independent agencies struggling to find some breathing room on the ever-squeezed bottom line - until clients begin expecting those savings to be passed along to them.
E-Commerce
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
6 months ago

The Supreme Court Undercuts Another Check on Executive Power

Humphrey's Executor v. United States solidified the independence of federal regulatory agencies from presidential dismissal.
fromFast Company
6 months ago

Why independent agencies are built for the future

People keep telling me that big agencies are the future—that you need massive scale, deep pockets, and cutting-edge tech to survive.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
6 months ago

The holdco exodus is becoming a founding, independent class

"For some people at holdcos, the constant grind of managing margins - weekly, monthly, quarterly - on work that's increasingly driven by procurement just isn't worth the stress anymore."
Startup companies
US news
fromwww.npr.org
6 months ago

Two officials fired by Trump return to court to challenge his power

The case examines the president's constitutional power to dismiss independent agency board members without cause.
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