• May 28, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

One of the many problems the agriculture industry has faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is the temporary closing...

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• February 27, 2020
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 JUDICIAL:...

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• February 20, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In January, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) released a proposed regulatory overhaul for the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)....

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• February 14, 2020
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 REGULATORY:...

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• October 8, 2019
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 REGULATORY:...

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• August 21, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); EPA is announcing the availability of documents and dates for the peer review of the...

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• August 9, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: TURKEY KNOB GROWERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. EAST COAST IMPEX LLC, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Srinivas Sathyavedu Kalyan, No....

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• July 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE & FARM SANCTUARY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants., No....

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• June 27, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: MIGUEL GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, et al., Defendants., No. CV 18-1968 (RDM), 2019 WL 2581324 (D.D.C....

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• June 21, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: United States of Am., ex rel. Kenneth Kraemer, & Kenneth Kraemer & Kraemer Farms, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company,...

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• June 13, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Deanna Dunning, Farm...

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• April 30, 2019
• Elizabeth

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 5, 2019
• Elizabeth

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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• March 13, 2019
• Elizabeth

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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• February 14, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Dominique’s Livestock Mkt. Inc., No. 6:18-CV-00496, 2019 WL 512106 (W.D. La. Feb. 7, 2019) Before...

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• February 7, 2019
• Elizabeth

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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• February 6, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: OAKDALE GROUNDWATER ALLIANCE et al., Plaintiffs & Respondents, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Defendant & Appellant. Additional Party Names: Louis F....

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• January 7, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Crane Fortune, Inc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States of Am., Defendant., No. 4:17-CV-3323, 2018 WL 6928539 (S.D. Tex. Dec....

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• November 21, 2018
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: BRUNS v. Hagen, 2018 WL 6049643 (Ill.App. 5 Dist.) The facts giving rise to this appeal stem from a drainage dispute...

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• November 13, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: MAKHTESHIM AGAN OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE et al. Defendants. Additional Party Names:...

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