• July 17, 2025
• Ramie Parsons

by NALC Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth Rumley Last week, the Trump administration reignited the legal fight over farm animal confinement laws,...

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• March 6, 2025
• Elizabeth

By Mary Hightower U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture March 6, 2025  Fast facts: Treasury Department suspends CTA enforcement Treasury...

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• February 28, 2025
• Elizabeth

While the case wends its way through the courts, the U.S. House and Senate are also looking at CTA and have...

• Corporate Transparency ActElizabeth RumleyNews Release

• January 24, 2025
• Elizabeth

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Treasury Department, overturning an injunction put in place last month...

• Corporate Transparency ActElizabeth RumleyNews Release

• January 7, 2025
• Elizabeth

In its filing to the Supreme Court, the DOJ said it expects to succeed, in part because the law’s “requirements fall...

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• December 17, 2024
• Elizabeth

“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...

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• December 5, 2024
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Dustin Messner, Research Fellow Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney Through recent federal proposals, some members of Congress have expressed interest in...

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• October 23, 2024
• Elizabeth

The Corporate Transparency Act requires millions of small business entities to disclose information about their beneficial owners to the federal government....

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• September 26, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

Payton Ramsey, Research Fellow Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service...

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• July 23, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

“The Cultivating Connections Conference targets the professionals who enable a critical issue today: the successful transfer of agricultural operations from one...

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• June 4, 2024
• Elizabeth

The Farm Bill proposal by House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson made it through an initial markup discussion and...

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• April 5, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources.   The newsletter...

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• March 26, 2024
• Elizabeth

In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a high-profile ballot initiative regulating the production and sale of many veal, egg, and pork...

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• January 23, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources.   The newsletter...

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• January 5, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

December Roundup As December has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information...

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• December 21, 2023
• Elizabeth

In the world of agricultural law, 2023 was a year for significant developments and changes.  In summary below, attorneys at the...

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• December 4, 2023
• Elizabeth

By: NALC Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth Rumley As a lawyer at the National Agricultural Law Center, I don’t represent clients.  While...

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• November 8, 2023
• Ramie Parsons

October Roundup As October has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information...

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• October 25, 2023
• Brigit Rollins

Last October, the Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) considered a challenge to Proposition 12, a California law regulating the production and sale of...

• Animal LawAnimal WelfareElizabeth Rumley

• October 6, 2023
• Ramie Parsons

The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources.   The newsletter...

• Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure ActAgricultural Marketing ServiceBrigit RollinsClean Water ActCommodity ProgramsContinuing EducationElizabeth RumleyEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFarm LaborFarm Service AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActFederal Loan ProgramsFinance and CreditFish and Wildlife ServiceFood LabelingForeign OwnershipHarrison PittmanLaborLand OwnershipMicah BrownNALC ResourcesNational Environmental Policy ActNational Marine Fisheries ServicePesticidesQuarterly NewsletterResearch FellowsRusty RumleySamantha CapaldoSecured TransactionsThe FeedUnited States Department of AgricultureWater LawWebinarWOTUS Update