Business Law Agribusiness Committee

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) put the pedal to the proverbial metal with its recentCemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC decision and companion New Rule governing the formation of unions. Read more

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (“Viking River Cruises”), the California Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies (“Adolph”) provides further guidance on statutory standing under the Private Attorney General Act ("PAGA"). In Adolph, the California Supreme Court held that if an employee is compelled to arbitrate individual claims for labor code violations, and that employee is found to be aggrieved, the employee can maintain statutory standing to pursue PAGA claims in court arising out of the same events involving other employees. Read more

On June 1, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Morales-Garcia v. Better Produce, Inc., No. 22-55119 (9th Cir. June 1, 2023) affirmed the Central District of California’s ruling in favor of two strawberry marketers holding that the marketers were not “client employers” liable for laborers’ unpaid wages despite the fact that the farmworkers were working on the marketers’ farmlands, which were subleased to the growers. Read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the first pesticide tolerance for hemp. This tolerance is for the pesticide ethalfluralin. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section presents guest speaker Mike Howerton on the topic: Intuitive Business Development for Overworked Lawyers on February 21, 2023, at 12 noon to 12:30 p.m.  Get real tips and a practical action plan to grow and development your legal practice from an entrepreneurial and executive coach!  Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section hosted an informative Webinar on October 18, 2022 entitled Agribusiness Legislative Update. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section presents a webinar on Banking and Lending for Agribusiness (food and produce distributors and related industries) on November 15, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section presents a webinar on Banking and Lending for Agribusiness (food and produce distributors and related industries) on November 15, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read more

On June 15, 2022, in the matter of Viking River Cruises, Inc v. Moriana, (“Moriana”) the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the invalidation of contractual waivers to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). Read more

In September 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills that expand winery off-site tasting room privileges and grant alcohol beverage manufacturers the right to advertise and promote charitable donations in connection with the sale of alcohol. The laws will become effective on January 1, 2022. Read more