
State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Three
- February 7, 2023
- Elizabeth
In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign...

Displaying the Data: Online AFIDA Database To Be Established
- January 24, 2023
- Elizabeth
In December 2022, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending package for FY23 known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA”), which...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Two
- January 10, 2023
- Elizabeth
In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part One
- December 13, 2022
- Elizabeth
Ownership of U.S. land, specifically agricultural lands, by foreign persons or entities has been an issue that traces to the origins...

November Monthly Round Up
- December 8, 2022
- Ramie Parsons
As we begin December and reflect on last month, staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research...

Congressional Considerations on Amending AFIDA
- November 29, 2022
- Elizabeth
Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. While...

Answering to AFIDA: Reporting Requirements of Foreign Agricultural Land Investments
- November 15, 2022
- Elizabeth
Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. While...

October Monthly Round Up
- November 14, 2022
- Ramie Parsons
As we begin November and reflect on last month, staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research...

Congressional Considerations on Restricting Foreign Investments in U.S. Agriculture
- November 1, 2022
- Elizabeth
Over the past decade, foreign investments in agricultural land have grown. At the start of 2021, foreign persons held an interest...

Truth in Labeling Laws(uits) – Update on Arkansas
- October 25, 2022
- Elizabeth
Since 2018, 15 states have passed laws that limit the use of terms such as “burger,” “chick’n,” and “sausage”. Plant-based food...

California’s Attempt to Restrict Foreign Agricultural Land Investments
- September 20, 2022
- Elizabeth
Recently, California’s state legislature passed a bill (SB 1084) that is aimed at restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land within the...

Procedures: Precedent and the U.S. Court System
- August 9, 2022
- Elizabeth
The legal system within the United States is made up of federal and state courts that resolve legal disputes and interpret...

Procedures: Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- June 30, 2022
- Brigit Rollins
In order to hear cases, a court must have jurisdiction over both the parties to the lawsuit and the subject matter...

Procedures: Motions
- June 16, 2022
- Elizabeth
During litigation, it is common for parties to make formal requests by filing documents with the court. These requests are called...

Procedures: The Routes that a Dispute Can Take
- June 2, 2022
- Elizabeth
When someone has a civil dispute against another person or entity, the path the dispute resolution will take is not always...

Procedures: Federal Preemption
- May 19, 2022
- Elizabeth
The Constitution of the United States is made up of hundreds of clauses. Article VI is known as the Supremacy Clause...

Truth in Labeling Laws(uits) – Update and Recent Developments
- April 12, 2022
- Elizabeth
In the past few years, several states have passed laws governing the words or phrases that food manufacturers can use to...

Procedures: How a Bill Becomes a Law
- April 7, 2022
- Elizabeth
Most people have seen the Schoolhouse Rock! musical “I’m Just a Bill” which does a great, and entertaining, job of explaining...

Procedures: The First Amendment and Agriculture
- March 24, 2022
- Elizabeth
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of...

Procedures: Agency Adjudication
- January 25, 2022
- Elizabeth
This article is the next installment of NALC’s blog series on legal procedure. A previous blog post in the series explained...