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July 26, 2022 In Press Release

Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward

For Immediate Release: July 26, 2022 Media Contacts: Peter Hart, phart@fwwatch.org Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward Judge denies pork giant’s motion to dismiss case Smithfield Foods lost its bid to dismiss a case alleging that the meatpacking giant repeatedly lied to consumers throughout...

June 10, 2022 In News, Press Release

Food Advocacy Groups Defend Lawsuit to Hold Smithfield Accountable for Lying to the Public at the Expense of Workers’ Lives

Today, Public Justice and Food & Water Watch submitted their opposition brief in response to Smithfield Foods’ motion to dismiss Food & Water Watch’s case. The case alleges that Smithfield Foods has repeatedly lied to consumers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to protect its bottom line...

May 3, 2022 In Press Release

Texas court grants farmers of color groups to represent their own interests in debt relief case

Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a motion to intervene in a case concerning debt relief for farmers of color. Public Justice filed the motion to intervene in Miller v. Vilsack on behalf of the National Black Farmers...

May 2, 2022 In Press Release

Una corte en Michigan avanza la demanda que aboga por la compensación de trabajadores indocumentados

El 28 de abril, el Tribunal de Reclamaciones del Estado de Michigan dictaminó negar la moción del demandado para una disposición sumaria en un caso relacionado con la compensación de trabajadores para inmigrantes indocumentados en Michigan. Esto permite que el caso continúe....

April 28, 2022 In Press Release

Michigan Court Advances Lawsuit Advocating for Workers’ Compensation for Undocumented Workers

Today, the State of Michigan Court of Claims ruled to deny the defendant’s motion for summary disposition in a case concerning workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants in Michigan. This allows the case to proceed....

April 26, 2022 In Press Release

Victory for Animals and Free Speech as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Kansas Ag-Gag Law

In a major victory for animals, workers, and transparency in the animal agriculture industry, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that struck down Kansas’s “Ag-Gag” law for violating the First Amendment. The...

March 15, 2022 In Press Release

Court Strikes Down Second Iowa Ag-Gag Law

Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa held unconstitutional Iowa’s second Ag-Gag law, also known as Iowa Ag-Gag 2.0, holding that the law criminalizing undercover investigations at factory farms, slaughterhouses, and puppy mills violates the First Amendment....

January 26, 2022 In Press Release

California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts

Sacramento, Calif. — Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Richard Corey unilaterally rejected a petition request from a coalition of environmental justice, animal protection, and community groups to immediately initiate a rulemaking to eliminate credits for factory farm gas from one of...

November 22, 2021 In Press Release

After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality

The Arkansas state representative and factory farm owner who sponsored the state’s Ag-Gag law stated in a court filing on Friday that she waives her right and the right of her industrial hog farm, Prayer Creek Farm, to ever bring a legal action under that...