On June 17, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision ordering the Environment...
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Fifth Circuit Rules SEC Administrative Proceedings Unconstitutional
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on May 18, 2022, vacating...
Plaintiffs & Pesticides: Failure to Warn Claims in Pesticide Injury Lawsuits
Of all the claims that plaintiffs typically raise in pesticide injury lawsuits, failure to warn is...
DOJ Announces Three Environmental Justice Initiatives
On May 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it would be taking three actions...
Plaintiffs & Pesticides: Design Defect Claims in Pesticide Injury Lawsuits
Many plaintiffs in pesticide injury lawsuits raise the state law claim of design defect....
Plaintiffs & Pesticides: Negligence Claims in Pesticide Injury Lawsuits
One of the claims most commonly raised in pesticide injury cases is the claim of negligence. Like...
Plaintiffs & Pesticides: Intro to Pesticide Injury Litigation
Over the past few years, there has been a series of high-profile lawsuits filed against pesticide...
Scope of EPA Authority Before the Supreme Court
UPDATE: On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Envt'l...
Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Over Treated Seeds
In December 2021, two environmental groups, the Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action...
Farm Groups Sue EPA Over Revocation of Chlorpyrifos Tolerances
On February 9, 2022, a coalition of farm groups filed a lawsuit in the Eighth Circuit Court of...