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
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
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
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
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
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
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
