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Eighth Circuit breaths life back into Iowa’s ‘ag-gag’ law

By Dan Flynn on August 12, 2021

For the conservative Eighth Circuit, lying to gain access to the property on the premise that animal abuse might be occurring does not cut it as First Amendment-protected speech.

A three-member panel on Aug. 10…
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North Carolina’s ‘civil’ approach to ‘ag gag’ getting federal review

By Dan Flynn on June 10, 2019

PETA v. Joshua H. Stein, the North Carolina case involving a civil statute, is supposed to wrap up its discovery phase this month.

The case over the Tar Heel state’s 4-year-old Property Protection Act was…
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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…
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Letter From The Editor: Gag me for thinking First Amendment is about truth

By Dan Flynn on January 13, 2019
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Let’s just call it over. Animal agriculture has lost another one. And this one looks to be the match.

Iowa’s “agriculture production facility fraud” law was struck down by a federal judge on Jan.
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Britain’s FSA talks about Brexit challenges in annual report and accounts for 2017-18

By News Desk on June 29, 2018

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) for the United Kingdom will have to stand on its own after the island nation withdraws from the European Union next year. It means food safety in the UK will

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Something in PETA’s history vault helps get North Carolina law reviewed

By Dan Flynn on June 7, 2018

North Carolina’s three-year-old law permitting owners to collect monetary damages from individuals for “exceeding the scope of authorized access to property” was always expected to be the subject of judicial review.
The question has been…
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Split decision on Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law Might Extend Beyond Agriculture

By Dan Flynn on January 5, 2018

An appellate court Thursday restored specific provisions of Idaho’s 2012 Ag-Gag law but said audio, visual recordings of animal agricultural facilities could not be prohibited by the Gem State under the First Amendment to the…
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Next up for ag gag: Appeal to 10th U.S. Circuit expected soon

By Dan Flynn on July 24, 2017

During oral arguments before an appellate panel in Seattle in May, questions were flying so fast at responding attorney Justin Marceau that at one point Judge M. Margaret McKeown told him he could slow down,…
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Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional

By Dan Flynn on July 8, 2017

Utah’s law criminalizing “both lying to get into an agricultural operation and filming once inside” violates the First Amendment and has been declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby.

The ruling announced late Friday…
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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…
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