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'That's Not the Job' for the DOL: Crop of Suits Against Biden Administration

"It's a very antiemployer regulation, and it's not based really on any factual finding. Rather, it's based on DOL's belief that foreign farmworkers are vulnerable. [T]his is not based on any studies or statistics or anything," one immigration lawyer said.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'Ill-Gotten Gains'?: Cadwalader Alleges Beef Price-Fixing Conspiracy Hurts McDonald's

Global meatpacking companies have sold wholesale beef at "artificially high, noncompetitive levels throughout the United States" under an unlawful agreement, McDonald's alleges in an antitrust complaint filed by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

North Florida Farmers Hit Again by Helene

Ranchers, farmers and timber growers are reporting widespread damage from the wind and rain of Hurricane Helene, which raced through rural North Florida last week.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Annuls NYC's Foie Gras Ban In Support of State's Right-To-Farm Laws

A recent case, 'City of New York v. Ball,' highlights a clash between the powers of New York State and one of its political subdivisions, New York City.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

'Climate-Smart Beef'?: DC Lawsuit Accuses Tyson Foods of False Advertising

"A court order stopping Tyson's harmful conduct would represent a turning point in the fight to hold the biggest, most powerful contributors to the climate crisis—across industries—accountable for greenwashing," attorneys for the plaintiff alleged.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Monsanto Scores 2nd Phila. Roundup Verdict, but Fails to Stop Impending Trial

A jury determined Wednesday that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was defective, but the defect did not cause plaintiff Ryan Young's non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Anticompetitive Scheme?': Tyson Foods Faces Missouri Antitrust Class Action in Chicken Plant Dispute

"Defendants' anticompetitive conduct has restrained competition for the purchase of broiler chicken farmer services in the Dexter, Missouri geographic area," according to the allegations in the complaint filed against Tyson Foods in Missouri state court.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: A Long-Sought Win on Preemption for Monsanto at the Third Circuit

David Zionts of Covington & Burling argued for Monsanto at the Third Circuit in a case where the court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempted plaintiffs' failure-to-warn claims brought under Pennsylvania state law. The decision splits with the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, which rejected Monsanto's preemption arguments in earlier Roundup cases.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Appeals Court Shuts Down Bid for Clarity Amid 'Mallory' Uncertainty

Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection had urged the Superior Court to permit its appeal, arguing that there was an "urgent need for clarity concerning the constitutional and jurisdictional questions left in Mallory's wake."
4 minute read

The Recorder

A Judge Asks: Is It Time to End Ken Feinberg's Roundup Settlement Program?

Last month, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asked plaintiffs' lead counsel if the settlement program under Ken Feinberg should come to an end.
7 minute read

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