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On September 16, 2020, Ross Pifer gave a presentation on behalf of the National Agricultural Law Center. The presentation was entitled, Right to Repair Statutes: Overview, Issues Presented, and Current Status of State Legislation, and is part of an ongoing webinar series with the NALC. In this webinar, Ross [...]

On August 11, 2020, the Center presented the fourth in a series of webinars discussing COVID-19 Ag Legal Updates via Zoom, where Brook Duer was joined by Penn State Extension Educator Brian Moyer. They discussed third-party liability claims arising from COVID-19 transmission from person-to-person contact with customers and other persons [...]

On July 17, 2020, Ross Pifer was quoted in an article published by State Impact Pennsylvania entitled Are Gas Royalty Owners Buyers or Sellers? In a Court Fight Over Royalties, The Answer to That Question Could Make All the Difference to Landowners. This article discusses an ongoing case before the [...]

On July 15, 2020, Brook Duer presented in the National Agricultural Law Center’s webinar, Agriculture District Programs: The First 50 Years. Will They Survive Another 50? Brook described the development of various forms of agricultural district programs and the benefits conferred on lands located within; outlined the states which have [...]

On June 19, 2020, the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas issued an opinion in the case of Chito v. Pulaski Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., (Docket 10467 of 2015), in which the court denied a substantive challenge to the township’s regulation of oil and gas drilling. In reaching this conclusion, [...]

This week, center staff were featured in two sections of the American Agricultural Law Association’s Agricultural Law Update (Update). In the Update’s new Practice Tips section, staff attorney Jackie Schweichler wrote an article titled, When Litigation Doesn’t Fit - Try Agricultural Mediation. The Update also spotlights 2020 Penn State [...]

On June 7th and 8th, 2020, Center Staff attended the two day 7th Annual Mid South Ag & Environmental Law Conference hosted online by the National Agricultural Law Center. The conference addressed a variety of agricultural law topics with national importance including agricultural lending, environmental regulations, crop insurance, and more. [...]

On May 19, 2020, Professor Ross Pifer presented in the Ag & Food Law Update for the Mid-South Conference webinar, where he gave an update on Chlorpyrifos, the final rules related to the Clean Water Act, and a summary of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case from Hawaii addressing water [...]

Over the past few weeks, Staff Attorney Brook Duer was a presenter at three webinars conducted by Penn State Extension. On April 9, he presented during the webinar entitled COVID-19 Stimulus Benefits for Sole Proprietors and Independent Contractors. On April 10, he presented at the webinar entitled COVID-19 Stimulus Benefits [...]

On March 9, 2020, the Center published a Special Episode in the Agricultural Law Podcast. In this, special episode we were delighted to welcome Vonda Cooke, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Ms. Cooke joins Audry Thompson to discuss the 2012 changes to the [...]