• September 22, 2020
• scopper

On September 9, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced their intent to...

• Food LabelingFood SafetyFood Safety and Inspection ServiceSarah Catherine Copper

• September 18, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

Last month the National Agricultural Law Center welcomed Sarah Catherine Copper on board as a full time Staff Attorney. Sarah Catherine...

• Sarah Catherine Copper

• September 17, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

Two lawsuits have been filed against the Environmental Protect Agency (“EPA”) over the agency’s handling of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup. The...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection Agency

• September 15, 2020
• Micah Brown

The availability of credit is an integral part of the agricultural production process. Borrowing large amounts of capital and incurring considerable...

• Finance and CreditMicah BrownSecured Transactions

• September 11, 2020
• Sarah Cato

Last month the National Agricultural Law Center was excited to welcome Staff Attorney Micah Brown to the NALC team. Micah, a...

• Micah Brown

• September 10, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On August 28, 2020 the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued a final rule for the Highly Erodible Land and...

• Brigit RollinsConservation ProgramsEnvironmental LawNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• September 3, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced on September 1, 2020 that it has decided not to designate critical...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife Service

• August 27, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On July 29, 2020, a coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western...

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawNational Environmental Policy Act

• August 21, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In a decision published on August 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a...

• Brigit RollinsClean Air ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyRenewable Energy

• August 13, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The past month has seen several developments in important, and on-going environmental law cases. Each litigation, though completely unrelated, has the...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActNational Environmental Policy ActPesticides

• August 6, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On August 5, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively “the...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife ServiceNational Marine Fisheries Service

• July 29, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On July 22, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a final decision in Nat’l Family Farm Coal. v. U.S....

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActPesticides

• July 23, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On June 22, 2020, the long-awaited Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“Navigable Waters Rule”) officially went into legal effect. The Navigable Waters...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyWOTUS Update

• July 16, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

By December 15, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) will issue its final decision on whether to list...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife Service

• July 9, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In 2014, several environmental groups petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) to list the monarch butterfly under the...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife Service

• July 2, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) registered a pesticide called Enlist Duo under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActPesticides

• June 25, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

A federal judge in the Eastern District of California has upheld the court’s earlier decision that the state of California cannot...

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawPesticides

• June 18, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated three pesticide registrations for dicamba-based herbicides,...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActPesticidesThe Deal with Dicamba

• June 10, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

UPDATE: Late on June 11, 2020, the plaintiffs filed a motion with the court seeking to have EPA’s cancellation order overturned....

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyPesticidesThe Deal with Dicamba

• June 5, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On June 3, 2020, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion...

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActPesticidesThe Deal with Dicamba