by Brigit Rollins | May 17, 2022 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Conservation Programs, Cottage Foods, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Hemp, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ...
by Brigit Rollins | May 12, 2022 | Animal Feeding Operations, Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
On May 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it would be taking three actions intended to “enhance the [DOJ]’s efforts to secure environmental justice for all Americans.” The actions involve issuing a comprehensive environmental justice enforcement...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 28, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Pesticides, Plaintiffs & Pesticides
Many plaintiffs in pesticide injury lawsuits raise the state law claim of design defect. Plaintiffs typically raise design defect claims in products liability lawsuits when they believe that the very design of the product was the cause of their injuries. Plaintiffs in...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 14, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Pesticides, Plaintiffs & Pesticides
One of the claims most commonly raised in pesticide injury cases is the claim of negligence. Like the other claims discussed in this series, negligence is a state law claim derived from common law. Plaintiff raise claims of negligence to argue that they have been...
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 31, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides, Plaintiffs & Pesticides
Over the past few years, there has been a series of high-profile lawsuits filed against pesticide manufacturers by plaintiffs who claim they developed a serious illness as a result of pesticide exposure. The first of these major lawsuits involved the pesticide...
