• April 27, 2020
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A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 LEGISLATIVE:...

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• August 16, 2019
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REGULATORY: Notice: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,...

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• August 1, 2019
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REGULATORY: Notice: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the fees it will charge warehouse operators for...

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• July 31, 2019
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Judicial: K Tre Holdings, LP v. Missouri Dep’t of Nat. Res., No. SD 35512, 2019 WL 3369270 (Mo. Ct. App. July...

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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 10, 2019
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JUDICIAL: In re Spiech Farms, LLC, No. GK 17-05398-JTG, 2019 WL 2913270 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. July 3, 2019) This dispute requires...

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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 26, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Food Mktg. Inst. v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481, 2019 WL 2570624 (U.S. June 24, 2019) Respondent Argus Leader Media filed...

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• June 13, 2019
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JUDICIAL: FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Deanna Dunning, Farm...

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• June 3, 2019
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LEGISLATIVE: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC., Defendant...

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• May 15, 2019
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JUDICIAL: CLAIMANT: Gene J. Klamert OBJECTORS: Daniel W. Iverson; United States of Am. (Bureau of Land Mgmt.) COUNTER OBJECTOR: Ned A....

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• May 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: ISRAEL K. NEGASH, an individual; ETHIO, INC., a Maryland Corp. d/b/a Sunoco Food Mart, Plaintiffs – Appellants, v. UNITED STATES...

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• May 7, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Clement v. Menard, 2018-497 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/1/19) This appeal stems from competing claims for injunctive relief involving an irrigation canal right-of-way....

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• April 19, 2019
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JUDICIAL ROLANDO DIAZ REYES, HECTOR IVAN BURGOS RIVERA, JOSE A. GARCIA MARRERO, KIDANNY JOSUE MARTINEZ REYES, EDWIN COSME COLON, & on...

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• April 18, 2019
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JUDICIAL: MARTHA CEA PLAINTIFF v. COBB-VANTRESS, INC. DEFENDANT, No. 5:19-CV-05024, 2019 WL 1607291 (W.D. Ark. Apr. 15, 2019)   Now before the Court...

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• March 15, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ramos v. Stone Forestry Servs., Inc., No. 2:18-CV-02942, 2019 WL 1170769 (D.S.C. Mar. 13, 2019): Plaintiffs Jose H. Plaintiffs are both...

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• February 27, 2019
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REGULATORY: Final rule: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of waxes and...

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• February 7, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, 913 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2019) In 2013, the Ninth Circuit decided the first...

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• November 16, 2018
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LEGISLATIVE: OMAHA STEAKS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant v. GREATER OMAHA PACKING CO., INC., Appellee, No. 2018-1152, 2018 WL 5985963 (Fed. Cir. Nov....

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