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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 1, 2025
This month—July 15: July 2025 Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar New! Why Aren’t PFAS Compounds in Land-Applied Biosolids Prohibited By EPA?, Center Staff Attorney Brook Duer, Southern Ag Today Agricultural Labor: DOL Suspends Enforcement of 2024 ‘Temporary Ag Worker Protections’ Rule 🌾 On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published a guidance document suspending enforcement of the agency’s 2024 final rule, “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States,” which “addressed matters such as rights to engage in concerted activity; worker guest access to employer-provided housing; termination standards and [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 24, 2025
This Week—Fri. June 27 at Noon: Pennsylvania’s Clean & Green Program: County-Level Administration Register Now—2025 PA Agricultural Law Symposium, Sept. 18, 2025, at Univ. Park, PA. Antitrust: Federal Court Approves $398 Million Settlement in Chicken Processor Wage-Fixing Class Action 🌾 On June 5, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued orders granting approval of a $398 million settlement fund and award of $132 million in attorney’s fees in a 2019 class action suit claiming that multiple national chicken processers conspired to fix and suppress employee wages. Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-02521. The approval defined [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of June 30, 2025
National Energy Policy: Department of Interior Proposes Rescission of 2024 Alaska Petroleum Reserve Regulations ⚡ On June 2, 2025, the Department of the Interior (DOI) proposed rescinding a May 2024 Biden-era rule restricting development of oil and gas resources in the Alaska Petroleum Reserve. The DOI conducted a review and concluded that the rule titled “Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska” violated the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, and imposes barriers to development. This is another step in carrying out an earlier Executive Order issued by the White House, aimed at accessing and developing [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of June 23, 2025
Environmental Impact Studies: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Environmental Review Under NEPA ⚡ On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County that environmental impact statements (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) do not need “to consider the environmental effects of upstream and downstream projects that are separate in time or place from the Uinta Basin Railway.” Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, 605 U.S. ___ (2025). The case regarded a proposed 88-mile railroad in Utah and whether the EIS must consider the environmental effects of new oil drilling and [...]
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