• August 27, 2019
• Rusty

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. JUDICIAL: Includes Employment ...

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• August 21, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); EPA is announcing the availability of documents and dates for the peer review of the...

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• August 16, 2019
• Elizabeth

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 2, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ALEXANDRA KNOP, ET AL. v. PETER J. KNOP, ET AL. Additional Party Names: Diana Knop, James Cummings, No. 180329, 2019...

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• July 26, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Cleveland Nat’l Forest Found. v. Cty. of San Diego, No. D073744, 2019 WL 3334421 (Cal. Ct. App. July 25, 2019)...

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• July 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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 7, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL MONSANTO COMPANY APPELLANT V. ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; WALTER “BRUCE” ALFORD; KYLE BALTZ; RUSSELL BLACK; RUSSELL BRAGG; ROBERT CAMPBELL; DR....

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• June 5, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: GREENGATE FRESH, LLLP, Plaintiff, v. TRINITY FRESH PROCUREMENT, LLC, et al. Defendants. SUNTERRA PRODUCE TRADERS, INC., et al. Intervening Plaintiffs,,...

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• June 3, 2019
• Elizabeth

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 24, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; TERRY WALKER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; OTIS HOWE,...

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• May 8, 2019
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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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• May 3, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND v. COMPLETE LAWN CARE, INC., ET AL. Additional Party Names: Anita Goodman, Conrad Hocking, Croplife Am., Green...

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• March 19, 2019
• Elizabeth

GENOSOURCE, LLC, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Third-Party Plaintiff,, No. 18-CV-113-CJW-KEM, 2019 WL...

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• March 15, 2019
• Elizabeth

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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• March 13, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Ulloa v. Fancy Farms, Inc., No. 18-10536, 2019 WL 1077272, (11th Cir. Mar. 7, 2019) This is an appeal from...

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• March 12, 2019
• Elizabeth

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

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