A divided 3-member panel of judges from the Eighth Circuit has overturned an Arkansas district court ruling over one of the more complicated ag-gag cases.
It’s a big win for the Animal Legal Defense Fund,
Continue Reading Arkansas civil action version of Ag-gag struck down by Circuit Court
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
Animal activist organizations want to conduct undercover investigations by gaining entry to the nonpublic areas of private property and collecting evidence of animal abuse in the form of audio or video recordings or other documentation.
Continue Reading Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture
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
Animal and environmental organizations, joined by several rural community activists, want a U.S. District Court judge to strike down Obama-era regulations that give a break to smaller mid-sized concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
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Continue Reading 3-year old break for medium-sized CAFOs gets challenged in D.C. court
Federal judges have not much liked those state laws restricting spying on animal agriculture that have been adopted since 2010. When challenged by animal activists in federal courts have largely been knocking down the so-called
Continue Reading Nation’s oldest “ag-gag” law challenged by animal legal activists
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.
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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
Utah will not appeal a federal court ruling that the state’s 2012 law against agricultural operation interference violates the U.S. Constitution. It is the only one of several state “Ag-Gag” laws which resulted in someone’s
Continue Reading Utah isn’t appealing the demise of its 2012 “Ag-Gag” law
