• May 1, 2019
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LEGISLATIVE: Bassett v. Dep’t of Ecology, 438 P.3d 563 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019) The Dungeness River in the Olympic Peninsula flows...

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• April 30, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Wild Fish Conservancy v. Cooke Aquaculture Pac. LLC, No. C17-1708-JCC, 2019 WL 1880035 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2019) Defendant Cooke...

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• April 26, 2019
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JUDICIAL: DICKINSON FROZEN FOODS, INC., an Idaho corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, a Missouri...

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• April 22, 2019
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JUDICIAL: RICHARD STANSBURY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOPKINS HARDWOODS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Additional Party Names: Donald Hayes, Jimmy Speaks, Robert...

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• April 18, 2019
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JUDICIAL: MARTHA CEA PLAINTIFF v. COBB-VANTRESS, INC. DEFENDANT, No. 5:19-CV-05024, 2019 WL 1607291 (W.D. Ark. Apr. 15, 2019)   Now before the Court...

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• April 12, 2019
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REGULATORY: Notice of availability: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are advising the public that proposed changes to the National Poultry...

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• April 10, 2019
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REGULATORY: Notice; response to comments: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; FSIS is announcing the availability of an updated fact sheet on food...

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• April 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, Sec’y of Labor, Dep’t of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLAND FARMS PRODUCTION & PACKING, LLC, DELBERT BLAND, an...

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• April 5, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Forty Foot Farms, Appellant v. Pennsylvania Tpk. Comm’n, No. 501 C.D. 2018, 2019 WL 1468541 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Apr. 2,...

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• April 4, 2019
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JUDICIAL: DAKOTA RURAL ACTION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Animal Legal...

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• March 28, 2019
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JUDICIAL: CRYSTAL HILSLEY, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Sanrio Co. Ltd., No. 3:18-CV-00395-L-BLM, 2019 WL...

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• March 25, 2019
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REGULATORY: Notice of availability: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk...

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• March 22, 2019
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REGULATORY: Final rule: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; This final rule amends Marketing Order No. 959, which regulates the handling of onions grown in...

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• March 15, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ramos v. Stone Forestry Servs., Inc., No. 2:18-CV-02942, 2019 WL 1170769 (D.S.C. Mar. 13, 2019): Plaintiffs Jose H. Plaintiffs are both...

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• March 13, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ulloa v. Fancy Farms, Inc., No. 18-10536, 2019 WL 1077272, (11th Cir. Mar. 7, 2019) This is an appeal from...

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• March 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this...

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• March 5, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Application for Water Rights of Well Augmentation Subdistrict of Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 2019 CO 12; Centennial appealed from...

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• February 27, 2019
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REGULATORY: Final rule: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of waxes and...

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• February 22, 2019
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JUDICIAL: DANONE, US, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CHOBANI, LLC, Defendant., No. 18 CIV. 11702 (CM), 2019 WL 760040 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2019); “This...

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• February 7, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, 913 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2019) In 2013, the Ninth Circuit decided the first...

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