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November 6, 2021 In News

The Detroit News: Suit targets rules on compensation for undocumented workers injured on job

An advocacy group is turning to the Michigan Court of Claims to change state policies and grant pay for undocumented immigrants injured at work. The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, represented by Public Justice and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a...

November 5, 2021 In News

Gongwer News Service: Immigrant Rights Advocates Sue Whitmer Over Workers’ Comp Denials

An immigrants rights group on Thursday sued Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the Court of Claims over the state's alleged denials of workers' compensation to undocumented individuals hurt on the job....

October 29, 2021 In News

Inside Climate News: Groups Urge the EPA to Do Its Duty: Regulate Factory Farm Emissions

Advocacy organizations petition federal regulators to rescind a George W. Bush deal that shields industrial animal feeding operations from clean air laws....

October 1, 2021 In News

Progressive Farmer: R-CALF Beef Checkoff Case to Continue

A lawsuit against USDA challenging the Beef Checkoff program will be allowed to continue after a federal court on Wednesday denied the agency's motion to dismiss....

September 27, 2021 In News

Grist: There’s a major gap in the new methane pledge: Agriculture

Last week, the United States and European Union launched the most ambitious plan to date to slash global methane emissions. The Global Methane Pledge, which reportedly already has the support of at least six of the world’s 15 largest producers of the greenhouse gas, aims to...

September 7, 2021 In News

Meat + Poultry: Hormel Foods deceptive advertising lawsuit sent to trial

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) can pursue claims of false advertising against Hormel Foods Corp., the US Court of Appeals – DC Circuit ruled on Sept. 2. The latest ruling sends the lawsuit to trial....

September 3, 2021 In News

Reuters: D.C. appeals court empowers consumer nonprofits in Hormel false ad case

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals just pinned a sheriff’s badge on consumer nonprofits itching to go after corporations engaged in deceptive advertising....

August 25, 2021 In News

The Pig Site: Appeals court finds Kansas ag-gag law unconstitutional

Coalition of animal welfare and worker safety groups welcome the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that strikes down Kansas's "ag-gag" law on free speech grounds....

August 17, 2021 In News

South Dakota Public Broadcasting: “Ag-Gag” Laws Set Precedent For 8th Circuit

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued opinions on two “Ag-Gag” laws, one out of Arkansas and the other from Iowa. Ag-gag laws attempt to keep whistleblowers and animal activists from having access to the inner workings of agricultural processing facilities. Those would include slaughterhouses...

August 10, 2021 In News

Reuters: 8th Circuit revives challenge to Arkansas ag-gag law

A divided federal appeals court on Monday reinstated a First Amendment challenge by several advocacy organizations against Arkansas’ 2017 “ag-gag” law, which authorizes farms and other businesses to sue for as much as $5,000 per day if an undercover investigator surreptitiously records operations and shares...