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Senate Votes to PASS a Foreign Ownership Law
- August 8, 2023
- Elizabeth
On July 25, 2023, the Senate voted 91-7 to include an amendment—introduced by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD)...
NEPA Set for Regulatory Revisions
- August 3, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), has released the...
Florida’s Newly Enacted Foreign Ownership Law: Part One
- July 25, 2023
- Elizabeth
On May 8, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264 (“SB 264”) (codified Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 692.201-205),...
FWS, NMFS Issue Proposed Rules to Modify Remaining Trump Administration Regulations
- July 20, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
During the Trump administration, multiple environmental statutes were subject to regulatory changes, some of them for the first time in decades....
Plaintiffs Challenging Florida’s Foreign Ownership Law Seek to Halt Enforcement
- July 11, 2023
- Elizabeth
Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and Multi-Choice Realty, a Florida-based real estate brokerage firm, have filed a lawsuit (Shen...
EPA Faces Treated Seeds Lawsuit
- July 6, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
In 2017, several environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to close what the groups described as a “loophole” that...
State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Seven
- June 27, 2023
- Elizabeth
In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign...
Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo
- June 22, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for Food Safety filed a...
Florida’s New Foreign Ownership Law Is Facing Legal Challenge: Part Two
- June 13, 2023
- Elizabeth
Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese...
Florida’s New Foreign Ownership Law Is Facing Legal Challenge: Part One
- June 6, 2023
- Elizabeth
Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese...
WOTUS Update: U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Wetlands Jurisdiction Under the CWA
- May 30, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released their highly-anticipated opinion in Sackett v. EPA, U.S. (2023), a lawsuit...
The Deal with Dicamba: Plaintiffs Ask Court to Vacate 2020 Registration Decision
- May 25, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
On April 12, 2023, the plaintiffs in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Envtl. Protection Agency, No. 4:20-cv-00555 (D. Ariz.), a...
Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land: A Legislative Roadmap Primer
- May 16, 2023
- Elizabeth
Ownership of U.S. land, specifically agricultural lands, by foreign persons or entities has been an issue that traces to the origins...
What’s Cooking with Prop 12?: SCOTUS Decision
- May 12, 2023
- Elizabeth
After considering a constitutional challenge to a California ballot initiative regulating space requirements for farm animals, the Supreme Court of the United...
BLM Looks to Expand Conservation
- May 11, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
On April 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that introduces a...
State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Six
- May 2, 2023
- Elizabeth
In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign...
WOTUS Update: 2023 Rule Enjoined in 27 States
- April 27, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
Update: On May 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling enjoining the 2023 WOTUS rule in the...
Idaho Enacts Law Limiting Foreign Investments in Agricultural Land
- April 18, 2023
- Elizabeth
On April 3, 2023, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed into law House Bill 173 (“H 173”) which seeks to restrict certain...
BLM Proposes New Conservation Rules for FLPMA
- April 13, 2023
- Brigit Rollins
On April 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that introduces a...
Utah Enacts Law Prohibiting Certain Foreign Investments in Land
- April 4, 2023
- Elizabeth
On March 13, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law House Bill 186 (“HB 186”)—also known as the “Restrictions on...