
States Introduce Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills in 2025 Legislative Session
- January 28, 2025
- Brigit Rollins
The start of a new year also means the start of a new legislative session. By late January, all but a...

FWS Proposes Listing the Monarch Butterfly as “Threatened” Under the ESA
- January 7, 2025
- Brigit Rollins
On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) released its long-awaited proposed decision to designate the monarch...

UADA article — YEAREND: Corporate Transparency Act, Foreign Ownership, Chevron shift mark turbulent 2024
- December 17, 2024
- Drew Viguet
“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...
Federal Court Upholds Treated Seeds Exemption
- December 3, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
A federal court in the Northern District of California has recently ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) does not have...

D.C. Circuit Rules CEQ Lacks Rulemaking Authority
- November 19, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
In a 2-1 decision issued earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Council on Environmental Quality...

Texas Files Suit Against FWS For Decision to List Mussels As Endangered
- November 5, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
In late October, 2024, the state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Department of Interior and the United States Fish...

October Monthly Roundup
- November 1, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
Roundup As October has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in...

The Feed: Vol. 2, Issue 20
- October 24, 2024
- Drew Viguet
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...

WOTUS Update: Judge Recommends Resolving CWA Dispute in Favor of Landowner Following Sackett Decision
- October 22, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
In late September, a federal judge for the Southern District of Florida recommended that an on-going case be resolved in favor...

EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan
- October 10, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its...

When Wetlands Go Dry: Prior Converted Cropland under Swampbuster and the CWA
- September 19, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
The Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, known colloquially as “Swampbuster,” introduced a new program to promote...

EPA Publishes Highly-Anticipated Final Herbicide Strategy
- September 5, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
On August 20, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final Herbicide Strategy. The document, which was released in a...

Third Circuit Rules Failure to Warn Claims Preempted by FIFRA
- August 22, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has split from the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits by concluding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

EPA Releases Draft Insecticide Strategy
- August 13, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
On July 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its highly anticipated draft Insecticide Strategy, the latest step in the...

The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 15
- August 8, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...

Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Conservation Titles
- July 30, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
The Farm Bill is an omnibus bill enacted approximately every five years that authorizes and funds most programs administered by the...

The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 14
- July 25, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...
SCOTUS Rejects Consent Decree Over Rio Grande
- July 16, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
On June 21, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Texas v. New Mexico, No. 141, Orig, (2024),...

Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing “Chevron” Doctrine
- July 2, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, No....

Eleventh & Ninth Circuits Issue Decisions in Glyphosate Lawsuits
- June 18, 2024
- Brigit Rollins
The last several months have seen numerous developments in the on-going litigation filed by plaintiffs who claim that glyphosate-based pesticide products...