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Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2019

That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening.

The many parties involved “do not believe additional time will allow for resolution of the impasse, according to their July status report…
Continue Reading Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

Iowa’s new ag-gag law is the subject of another legal challenge

By Dan Flynn on April 24, 2019

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Bailing Out Benji, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the Center for Food Safety were back in federal court in Iowa earlier this…
Continue Reading Iowa’s new ag-gag law is the subject of another legal challenge

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More “fake meat” skirmishes breaking out as Missouri settlement takes time

By Dan Flynn on March 4, 2019

Attorneys have again told federal Judge Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr that they have a “tentative settlement” in the Turtle Island Foods versus Missouri case, but they say they need more time in mediation to work…
Continue Reading More “fake meat” skirmishes breaking out as Missouri settlement takes time

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Debate about who can call ‘it’ meat moves to the federal court system

By Dan Flynn on August 31, 2018

Commercial speech is not easily restricted. Earlier this summer, some state restrictions on speech by companies in the alcohol business were struck down by a federal court.

Missouri’s first in the country state law prevents…
Continue Reading Debate about who can call ‘it’ meat moves to the federal court system

Activists’ case on constitutionality of ‘ag-gag’ law advances

By Dan Flynn on March 1, 2018

A federal judge has decided not to toss out a lawsuit about the constitutionality of Iowa’s 6-year-old “agricultural production facility fraud” statute, meaning the issue will very likely go to trial next year.

Federal District…
Continue Reading Activists’ case on constitutionality of ‘ag-gag’ law advances

Food safety, animal activists sue Iowa over 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law

By Dan Flynn on October 11, 2017

Animal activists and the Center for Food Safety sued the state of Iowa in federal court Tuesday, claiming its law to prevent “agriculture production facility” fraud violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S.
Continue Reading Food safety, animal activists sue Iowa over 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law

Idaho squares off with animal rights group before 9th Circuit

By Dan Flynn on January 4, 2017

Oral arguments are expected to be scheduled in April in Seattle in an “ag-gag” appeal that has pitted Idaho officials against the Animal Legal Defense Fund in a constitutional battle.

The case, Animal Legal Defense…
Continue Reading Idaho squares off with animal rights group before 9th Circuit

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