by Elizabeth | Mar 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Antitrust, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food Safety, Forestry, Grain Inspection Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Immigration, International Trade, Labor, Marketing Orders, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
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 Mexican nationals who were admitted to the United States as temporary guest workers under 8 U.S.C. §...
by Elizabeth | Mar 14, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
JUDICIAL: St. Bernard Par. Gov’t v. United States, 916 F.3d 987 (Fed. Cir. 2019); St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana (“St. Bernard”) has appealed from an order of the Court of Federal Claims dismissing its breach of contract claim for lack of jurisdiction. On...
by Elizabeth | Mar 13, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Food Safety, Labor, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Ulloa v. Fancy Farms, Inc., No. 18-10536, 2019 WL 1077272, (11th Cir. Mar. 7, 2019) This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant/appellee, Fancy Farms, Inc. (“Fancy Farms”), on claims for violation of the Fair...
by Elizabeth | Mar 12, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Biosecurity, Commodity Credit Corporation, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Marketing Orders, NALC Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Roosevelt Irrigation Dist., Plaintiff, v. United States of Am., et al., Defendants. Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist., et al., Counter-Claimants/ Cross-Claimants,, No. CV-15-00448-PHX-JJT, 2019 WL 1087939 (D. Ariz. Mar. 7, 2019) At...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Labor, Marketing Orders, National Organic Program, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Law
JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this putative class action in January 2016 against defendant’s use and mislabeling of artificial trans fats in its margarine products. For many...
