• November 7, 2019
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In the past calendar year, thirteen states have passed laws governing the words or phrases that can be used to identify...

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• September 18, 2019
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A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.      ...

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• September 12, 2019
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A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 JUDICIAL:...

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• September 5, 2019
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A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                            ...

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• September 3, 2019
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In a petition submitted to USDA on August 28, the Center for Science and Public Interest and Consumer Reports requested that...

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• August 12, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: LEE & RITA DVORAK, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OAK GROVE CATTLE, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee., No. 18-1624, 2019 WL 3729469 (Iowa Ct. App. Aug....

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• July 19, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Agrifund, LLC v. Radar Ridge Planting Co., 52,432 (La. App. 2 Cir. 7/17/19) This case arises from agricultural loans that were not repaid....

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• July 17, 2019
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JUDICIAL: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE & FARM SANCTUARY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants., No....

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• July 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Ilano, No. 17-16760, 2019 WL 2571434 (9th Cir. June 24, 2019) In 2014, Congress amended...

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• June 27, 2019
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JUDICIAL: MIGUEL GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, et al., Defendants., No. CV 18-1968 (RDM), 2019 WL 2581324 (D.D.C....

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• June 20, 2019
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JUDICIAL: BARK, CASCADIA WILDLANDS, OREGON WILD, & WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, & HIGH CASCADE INC., Intervenor-Defendant.,...

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• May 31, 2019
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LEGISLATIVE: S. 1641: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on...

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• April 5, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Forty Foot Farms, Appellant v. Pennsylvania Tpk. Comm’n, No. 501 C.D. 2018, 2019 WL 1468541 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Apr. 2,...

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• March 28, 2019
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JUDICIAL: CRYSTAL HILSLEY, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Sanrio Co. Ltd., No. 3:18-CV-00395-L-BLM, 2019 WL...

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• March 12, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Roosevelt Irrigation Dist., Plaintiff, v. United States of Am., et al., Defendants. Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist.,...

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• March 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this...

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• October 31, 2018
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Judicial: NATHEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. VINCENT B. ZANINOVICH & SONS, INC., Defendant., No. 118CV00729LJOSAB, 2018 WL 5316154 (E.D. Cal. Oct....

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• October 18, 2018
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Judicial: Food Labeling PATRICK MCMORROW v. MONELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant. Additional Party Names: Marco Ohlin, No. 17-CV-2327-BAS-JLB, 2018 WL 5024840 (S.D....

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• October 5, 2018
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Judicial: Food Labeling, Easements Hawkins v. The Kroger Co., No. 16-55532, 2018 WL 4782382 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2018) Court asked...

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• October 5, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: PACA, GMO, NEPA State v. Grocery Manufacturers Ass’n, 425 P.3d 927 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018); State brought action against nationwide trade...

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