National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” Specifically, the instructions direct the committee to amend current budget-related laws to achieve the goals of the budget resolution. This resolution will include reconciliation instructions to one or more Congressional committees.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 12 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11, from June 12, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 11 Jul NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 26 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12, from June 26, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

There is good news though for small business owners – almost every state in the country has passed laws or regulations allowing entrepreneurs in similar situations to produce and sell certain food products made in private homes with very little or no regulation or oversight. What Are Cottage Foods? Stat § 587.693.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jun Who Gets to Say? Share: Recent Posts Who Gets to Say?

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 04 Jun NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

While numerous other states had previously passed similar farm animal confinement laws affecting sows and calves, this was the first state to also include laying hens. The Court ruled that the California law was constitutional and allowed it to go into effect. Ross , a case that made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from July 2025. Farmland July 11 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. Farmland July 11 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S. Share: Recent Posts FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Prior to this measure, Texas law did not contain any restriction on foreign ownership of land. Texas is one of nine states to enact or amend a foreign ownership law during the 2025 legislative session and now becomes the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation prohibiting certain foreign investments in land.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

CFIUS) , Foreign Ownership , Land Ownership , NALC Staff , United States Department of Agriculture by NALC staff On June 23, 2025, the House passed the Agricultural Risk Review Act ( H.R. Background Currently, no federal law exists that restricts foreign persons from acquiring or holding U.S. agriculture, particularly in farmland.

2013

Endangered Species Law

MAY 18, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) March 31, 2020 withdrawal (2020 Withdrawal) of a proposed Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing and section 4(d) rule for the “bi-state population” of the greater sage grouse (Bi-state Grouse). District Court for the Northern District of California overturned the U.S.

Endangered Species Act

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Blog Posts New Addition to Foreign Ownership Law Trend: West Virginia Enacts Restriction on Foreign-Controlled Entities Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional FDA Updates: June 2025 Who Gets to Say? Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from June 2025. Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v.

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a final rule delisting the now-recovered Cumberland sandwort ( Arenaria cumberlandensis ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1996, the FWS released a recovery plan for the species.

Endangered Species Act

The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. Tammany Parish (“Unit 1”). Tammany Parish.

Endangered Species Act

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In December 2013, the. In an equally appalling revelation, the Center’s petition also challenges the USDA’s multiple federal statute violations—including Endangered Species Act violations—in implementing its Wildlife Services program. And if that doesn’t work—i.e. Center for Biological Diversity. rulemaking petition.

Endangered Species Act

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A threatened species is one that is “likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”

2016

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

2586 (2013). , has generated the same kind of agitated pushback by many land use and environmental law scholars—that is, all theory and little practical reality. would “work a revolution in land-use law.” Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) permitting program under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Natural Resources

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The MBTA protects 1,026 species of birds. However, the actus reus must still be proven; in other words, the defendant must still voluntarily commit the physical act of the crime in order to be liable. According to the Court of Appeals, the criminal act here is to “take”, which based on its common law definition (i.e., “to

Clean Air Act

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. Another amendment from Sen.

2022

Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

Endangered Species Act

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Jewell , No.

2019

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

2020

ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. This move reverts the area to the previous management plan, finalized in 2013, which protected 11.2

2022

ESA

MAY 9, 2022

4083 ) to overhaul the country’s hardrock mining law. BLM: The Interior Department reverted to a 2013 management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. In December 2020, USFWS made a determination that listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is “warranted but precluded.”.

2022

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. and non-U.S.

2020