• 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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• July 5, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Office of the Secretary, USDA; The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (the Secretary) announces the establishment of...

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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 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 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: HENRY AVOCADO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Z.J.D. BROTHER, LLC & LONG ZHONG “MICHAEL” CHEN Defendants., No. 17CV4559ARRRLM, 2019 WL 1586865 (E.D.N.Y....

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• April 12, 2019
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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 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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• April 3, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) provides the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to charge...

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• March 20, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice of open meeting: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research...

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• March 12, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Roosevelt Irrigation Dist., Plaintiff, v. United States of Am., et al., Defendants. Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist.,...

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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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• December 20, 2018
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: EPIC FRESH PRODUCE, LLC, Plaintiff, v. OLYMPIC WHOLESALE PRODUCE, INC., et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: 765 Busse Highway Apartments,...

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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 9, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: ANNJEANETTE GILLIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MURPHY-BROWN, LLC d/b/a SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION DIVISION, Defendant. Additional Party Names: State of Missouri,...

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• November 8, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: Caquelin v. United States, No. 14-37L, 2018 WL 5813009 (Fed. Cl. Nov. 6, 2018) This rails-to-trails takings case is before...

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• November 6, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC., Plaintiff, v. TRI-STATE ZOOLOGICAL PARK OF WESTERN MARYLAND, INC., et al., Defendants....

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• October 8, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: IN RE: MARGARET JO CARDWELL, Debtor., No. 17-50307-RLJ12, 2018 WL 4846520 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. Oct. 3, 2018); Debtor filed bankruptcy under chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code on...

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• October 5, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: PACA, GMO, NEPA State v. Grocery Manufacturers Ass’n, 425 P.3d 927 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018); State brought action against nationwide trade...

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