by Brigit Rollins | Oct 16, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act, Water Law
A federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled last week that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) reissuance of Nationwide Permit 48 (“NWP 48”) was unlawful, and set aside the permit within the state of...
by Brigit Rollins | Oct 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pesticides
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Oct 9, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
A trial in a case alleging that Roundup, Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide, caused cancer was set to begin later this month has officially been postponed until next year. The case, Winston v. Monsanto Co., No. 1822-CC0051, was filed in Missouri state court in...
by Brigit Rollins | Oct 2, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update
In August, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit resolved a dispute that had been on-going for nearly two decades between the Bouchers, a small farming family in Indiana, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The case, Boucher v....
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Water Law
The Maui County Council voted last week to settle a years-long legal battle that was set to go before the Supreme Court. The case, Hawai’i Wildlife Fund v. Cty. of Maui, 886 F.3d 737 (9th Cir. 2018), concerned allegations that the County of Maui (the County) had been...
