by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency
JUDICIAL: CENTRAL OREGON LOCAVORE, Plaintiff, v. DESCHUTES COUNTY ASSESSOR, Defendant., No. TC-MD 170319G, 2018 WL 6253813 (Or. T.C. Nov. 27, 2018) This property tax exemption case is before the court on cross-motions for decision without trial. Plaintiff (“Locavore”)...
by Elizabeth | Dec 3, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Bureau of Land Management, Daily Update, Department of Labor, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, Immigration, Labor, National Environmental Policy Act, Nutrition Programs
Judicial: WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, & PREDATOR DEFENSE Plaintiffs, v. USDA APHIS WILDLIFE SERVICES Defendant., No. 1:17-CV-206-BLW, 2018 WL 6251358 (D. Idaho Nov. 29, 2018); For years, Wildlife Services has...
by Elizabeth | Nov 30, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE United States v. Keystone Biofuels, No. 1:17-CR-00143, 2018 WL 6190358 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 28, 2018): On May 3, 2017, the Government charged Ben Wootton, Race Miner, and Keystone Biofuels in a seven count Indictment, alleging that Wootton, Miner, and Keystone...
by Elizabeth | Nov 28, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Fish and Wildlife Service, International Trade, Labor, Water Law
Judicial: Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., No. 17-71, 2018 WL 6174253 (U.S. Nov. 27, 2018); The Fish and Wildlife Service administers the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior. In 2001, the Service listed the...
by Elizabeth | Nov 27, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ANDREW WHEELER, et al., Defendants, & AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, et al., Intervenor-Defendants., No. C15-1342-JCC, 2018 WL 6169196 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 26, 2018); This matter comes before the Court on...
