by Brigit Rollins | Jan 28, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
On January 21, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) requesting stays for pending litigation that seek judicial review of EPA regulations implemented during the Trump administration. In other words, EPA is...
by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ...
by Elizabeth | Jan 27, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 27, 2021 | Agricultural Marketing Service, Checkoff Programs, Harrison Pittman
Introduction The previous article in this Legal Checkup on Checkoff series, What is a Checkoff?, provided a basic overview of federal and state-only checkoff programs and highlighted some key legal challenges to checkoff programs such as the ongoing R-CALF...
by Elizabeth | Jan 26, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 25, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 22, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 21, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm Bill, Hemp, Rusty Rumley
On January 15, 2021, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released the final rule for industrial hemp production pursuant to the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. This finalizes the interim rule that AMS published on...
by Elizabeth | Jan 21, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Environmental Protection Agency
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 20, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Hemp, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Agriculture
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 19, 2021 | Commodity Programs, Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs, Micah Brown, United States Department of Agriculture
On December 21, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) passed both houses of Congress and was later signed into law on December 27. The CAA is a $2.3 trillion spending bill, $900 billion of which is being used for stimulus relief due to the COVID-19...
by Elizabeth | Jan 19, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Nutrition Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Rural Development
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 15, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 14, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Bureau of Land Management, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service
As the United States prepares to switch from one presidential administration to the next, the out-going Trump Administration is working to pass a series of last-minute regulations. Known as “midnight regulations,” it is common for out-going presidential...
by Elizabeth | Jan 14, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fish and Wildlife Service
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Elizabeth | Jan 13, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 12, 2021 | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
So much happened in 2020 in the food law world. This article highlights some of the major themes from the past year with ongoing cases used to illustrate the issues. Challenge to the National Bioengineered Food Standard Disclosure In 2018 the United States Department...
by Elizabeth | Jan 12, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 11, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 8, 2021 | Ag & Food Law Update, Fish and Wildlife Service
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....