by Elizabeth | Oct 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Crop Insurance
October 11, 2013 In one of the largest buys of a data analytics company, Monsanto has agreed to buy the Climate Corp. for $930 million, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek article, available here. Climate Corp. is a data analytics company, founded in 2006 as...
by Elizabeth | Oct 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 10, 2013 House GOP leaders will appoint farm bill conferees in the next week, according to U.S. Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD), member of the House Agriculture Committee. A press release from Rep. Noem’s office is available here. Noem said that...
by Elizabeth | Oct 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 10, 2013 In Frenchman Cambridge Irr. Dist. V. Heineman, No. 8:12CV445, 2013 WL 5367353 (D.D.C. September 24, 2013), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the lawsuit, holding that it did not have subject matter...
by Elizabeth | Oct 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, United States Department of Agriculture
October 10, 2013 The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted four groups’ motion to intervene in a lawsuit involving country of origin labeling (COOL) rules, American Meat Industry, et al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to an article...
by Elizabeth | Oct 9, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 9, 2013 The National Agricultural Law Center and the American Agricultural Law Association are co-sponsoring a webinar titled, “Enforcing Animal Welfare Statutes: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?” The program will be held Oct. 10, 2013 from 12-1 p.m....
