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January 21, 2026 In Press Release

Clean Water Advocates File Suit Against Pacific Seafood Over Warrenton Pollution

Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) late yesterday filed suit over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at a Pacific Bio Products facility in Warrenton, Oregon. That Pacific Bio Products – Warrenton facility is owned...

January 14, 2026 In Press Release

FarmSTAND and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Argue Against Law Limiting Access to Factory Farms

St. Louis, MO—Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and FarmSTAND argued today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit should reverse a lower court decision and protect the organization’s free speech rights. Attorneys told the court Iowa’s most recent “Ag-Gag” law violates the...

December 16, 2025 In Press Release

Beef Giant JBS Subjected Haitian Workers to Discriminatory Conditions at Greeley Plant, Workers Allege in New Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed today against JBS accuses the leading global meat processing company of exploiting over 1,000 Haitian workers recruited under false pretenses for its Greeley, Colorado plant....

December 12, 2025 In Press Release

Michigan Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v. Whitmer Threatens the Rights of All Michiganders

"This is a sad day for the law in Michigan. The Michigan Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling today was not on the merits of whether the state is legally obligated to include all workers - regardless of immigration status - in workers’ comp. But the decision...

December 10, 2025 In Press Release

Servicios Legales de Colorado demanda a una granja del sur de Colorado por interferir con el acceso de trabajadores agrícolas a servicios

Servicios Legales de Colorado (CLS) presentó hoy una demanda contra una granja ubicada en Center, Colorado, y contra su contratista de mano de obra agrícola, por obstruir de manera ilegal las visitas de CLS a los trabajadores que viven en el campamento laboral de la...

December 10, 2025 In Press Release

Colorado Legal Services Sues Southern Colorado Farm for Interfering with Farm Workers’ Access to Services

Colorado Legal Services this week filed a lawsuit against a Center, CO farm and its farm labor contractor over illegal obstruction of CLS’s visits to workers staying at the farm’s labor camp. The suit seeks to uphold CLS’s right to visit workers at the camp...

November 17, 2025 In Press Release

Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart Beef’ Claims

Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart” The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has settled its greenwashing lawsuit against Tyson Foods filed in September 2024. The suit alleged that Tyson Foods’ claims...

October 20, 2025 In Press Release

Former Amazon Worker Challenges Trump Administration’s Attack on Disparate-Impact Discrimination Claims

Leah Cross, a former Amazon delivery driver, filed suit today against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its decision to prohibit its employees from continuing to investigate claims like hers. ...

October 16, 2025 In Press Release

Clean Water Advocates Warn Pacific Seafood of Legal Action Over Warrenton Pollution

PORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at its Warrenton, Oregon facility. Pacific Bio Products - Warrenton is owned by...

October 8, 2025 In Press Release

Civil Rights and Immigrant Advocates Await Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v Whitmer

Today the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral argument in MIRC v. Whitmer, a case that will determine whether the state can violate the rights of Michiganders with impunity. The case before the Court is a challenge brought by the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center to the state’s...