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March 21, 2021 In News

The Kansas City Star: Pandemic and Trump-era neglect overwhelm federal agency tasked with worker safety

When Smithfield was sued over conditions at their plant, the company argued the job of policing workplace safety complaints belonged to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, rather than the court system....

February 12, 2021 In News

Sidney Herald: Court grants R-CALF motion in beef checkoff case for attorney fees, costs

Yesterday, a U.S. district court in Montana granted R-CALF USA's motion for $145,428.08 in legal fees and $5,344.17 in costs the group incurred in procuring a preliminary injunction in its beef checkoff case against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that effectively stopped the agency...

January 19, 2021 In News

Bloomberg Law: Meatpackers Press for Covid-19 Vaccine to Protect Line Workers

Meatpacking workers and their employers are pushing to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations as state governments roll out their distribution plans to combat the pandemic....

January 4, 2021 In News

Bloomberg Law: ‘No Evidence’ of Virus Litigation Wave as Businesses Seek Shield

The volume of lawsuits filed since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic that allege workplace safety violations—including sickness and death from lack of protective equipment, social distancing, and limiting exposure—has been far less than the onslaught predicted by pro-business groups and some politicians....

December 23, 2020 In News

High Plains Journal: Ranch group files brief to prevent USDA from governing beef labeling, advertising

R-CALF USA recently submitted a motion to file a friend-of-the-court brief and a brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to prevent the Federal Meat Inspection Act from being interpreted to govern both beef labeling and beef advertising, which the ranch...

December 18, 2020 In News

Iowa PBS: Tyson Managers Fired; Water Lawsuit Challenged

In the capital city of Des Moines, oral arguments on the validity of a 2019 lawsuit on Iowa water quality were heard by the Iowa Supreme Court this week....

December 17, 2020 In News

Des Moines Register: State argues before Iowa Supreme Court for dismissal of Raccoon River pollution suit

Attorneys debated before the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday a move by the state to dismiss a lawsuit by two environmental groups contending it has failed to do enough to curb pollution flowing into the Raccoon River from farms and livestock operations....

December 17, 2020 In News

KMA Land: Iowa News Headlines Thursday, December 17, 2020

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case where the state is asking that a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging the strategy for handling farm runoff into the Raccoon River be dismissed....

December 16, 2020 In News

Associated Press: Iowa Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Water Pollution Case

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether to allow two groups to go to trial with a lawsuit claiming Iowa has allowed crop and hog farmers to pollute the Raccoon River, denying citizens safe water for drinking and...