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| 1 | Dairying in a Union World: Solving Labor Relations Challenges for Dairy Producers Anthony P. Raimondo; McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP; December 20, 2008, previously published on November 19, 2008 In recent years, unions have increasingly targeted dairies in their organizing efforts. |
| 2 | EPA Issues a Final Rule Regarding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Cyndy Day-Wilson, Shawn D. Hagerty, J.G. Andre Monette, William J. Thomas; Best Best & Krieger LLP; December 19, 2008, previously published on November 20, 2008 On October 31, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to safely manage manure. |
| 3 | Implementation of the Lacey Act's New Declaration Requirement for Wood Products Richard H. Abbey, Jay L. Eizenstat, Daniel P. Wendt, Welles Orr; Miller & Chevalier Chartered; December 12, 2008, previously published on November 7, 2008 As we reported in a prior Alert ("Wood Products Subject to New U.S. Import Rules," June 2008), Congress recently amended the Lacey Act in order to ban imports of illegally-harvested timber and all products made from such timber, as well as requiring importers of nearly any products... |
| 4 | Federal Court Dismisses Blueberry Growers' Claims Based on Federal Preemption Kristin R. Eads, Krisann Kleibacker Lee, John P. Mandler; Faegre & Benson LLP; November 5, 2008, previously published on October 27, 2008 In one of the first federal court cases to address the enforcement of federal preemption of claims under the Federal Insecticide and Fungicide Act (FIFRA), the District of New Jersey dismissed on October 10 the final remaining pieces in a decade-long suit by blueberry growers against Syngenta Crop... |
| 5 | 2008 General Election California Initiative Summary Thomas R. McMorrow, McKay Carney; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; November 3, 2008, previously published on October 21, 2008 In two weeks, Californians will go to the polls and vote for a new president, their legislative representatives in Washington and Sacramento and whether 12 ballot initiatives governing everything from the future of high speed rail in California to enacting a Constitutional protection for gay... |
| 6 | Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit Holds Order to Divert Water for Endangered Fish to be Physical Taking from Municipal Water District Gregory K. Wilkinson, Robert M. Sawyer; Best Best & Krieger LLP; October 30, 2008, previously published on September 29, 2008 Throughout the West, water districts and project operators have had to deal with NOAA Fisheries or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinions ("BiOps") that essentially mandate the dedication of significant portions of their available water to instream flows for the recovery of... |
| 7 | APHIS Publishes Notice on the Implementation and Enforcement of New Lacey Act Requirements on Imports of Plant and Plant Products John B. Brew, Alexander H. Schaefer; Crowell & Moring LLP; October 30, 2008, previously published on October 15, 2008 On October 8, 2008, the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published notice and requested comments on new Lacey Act provisions that impose significant new requirements on imports and trade related to plants and plant products. 73 Fed. Reg. 58,925 (Oct. 8, 2008). |
| 8 | "C.O.O.L." Rule Joseph F. Bermudez, Jason Melichar, Suzanne M. Meintzer; Cozen O'Connor, A Professional Corporation; October 22, 2008, previously published on September 30, 2008 On September 30, 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") rule for mandatory country of origin labeling ("COOL") for certain covered commodities went into effect. |
| 9 | USDA Announces $342 Million in Broadband and Telecommunications Loans Jennifer L. Richter, Carly T. Didden, Jennifer A. Cetta, Rebecca Murphy; Patton Boggs LLP; October 16, 2008, previously published on September 29, 2008 The Agriculture Department recently announced the award of more than $342 million in broadband and telecommunications loans to 18 companies serving 22 states. |
| 10 | Agricultural Commodity Price Increases: Spurring a New Farm Crisis? Jacob D. Bylund, Michael R. Stewart; Faegre & Benson LLP; July 26, 2008, previously published on July 2008 According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of food, as that term is used in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased 5.1 percent for the year that ended May 31, 2008. |
