Derechos del consumidor
Iowa Ag-Gag I (ALDF v. Reynolds)
FarmSTAND, formerly the Food Project at Public Justice, serves as co-counsel in a challenge to Iowa’s first Ag-Gag law, which criminalizes undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses. This statute…
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Hormel
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice), the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the Richman Law Group filed a joint lawsuit in the District of Columbia Superior Court against…
Utah Ag-gag (Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Herbert)
In a victory for transparency in the food system, FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) successfully challenged a Utah statute that criminalized whistleblowing in the animal agricultural industry—in…
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…
Western Watershed Project et al v. Peter Michael
This case is a federal constitutional challenge to two newly enacted Wyoming statutes (the “Data Laws”) that are designed to prevent the public from gathering “resource data” on public or…
North Carolina Ag-Gag
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) is lead counsel on behalf of a coalition of public interest groups in a constitutional challenge to North Carolina’s “Anti-Sunshine” law—a statute…
Idaho Ag-Gag
In recent years, more and more state legislatures have – at the urging of lobbyists representing factory farm operations and industrial food producers – taken up “Ag Gag” laws that…
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.