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US News: Lawsuit Calls Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Unconstitutional
A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court against two Arkansas agricultural businesses claiming a state law protecting the businesses from undercover investigations is unconstitutional.
Sentient Media: How Undercover Investigation of Lamb Slaughterhouse Led to Federal Prosecution
A whistleblower offered the first hidden-camera look inside a lamb slaughterhouse in the U.S. Now, the DOJ is stepping in. That’s how bad it was, yet it is all too…
The Fern: JBS, under fire for taking Trump’s tariff bailout, is accused of polluting a Colorado river
In a new lawsuit, environmental advocates say a Colorado beef-packing plant owned by JBS has been dumping polluted wastewater into a river for years.
All Things Considered: Plaintiffs In CAFO, Right To Farm Lawsuit Want A Rehearing
Two Hendricks County couples are petitioning the Indiana Court of Appeals to rehear their case against a neighboring farm with 8,000 hogs. They say the smell from the confined animal…
Pollution Online: Lawsuit Seeks To Protect South Platte River From Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution
The Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court recently against the JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into…
Public Justice Leans Forward to Enforce a Right to Clean Water
Public Justice’s Food Project, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and Food & Water Watch recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of Iowans to hold the corporate-controlled agriculture system accountable for polluting…
Bloomberg: Hormel Lawsuit Reveals What ‘Natural’ Meat Really Means
“It’s a massive attempt to manipulate and dupe the consumer to purchase something they have no intention to purchase,” said David Muraskin, a food project attorney at Public Justice.
A Sweeping Victory for Free Speech & A Stinging Defeat for Wyoming’s Ag-Gag Law
After years of litigation by Public Justice, a District Court in Wyoming struck down that state’s statutes, concluding Wyoming had “no plausible reasons for the specific curtailment of speech … beyond a…