Business Law Agribusiness Committee

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) issued a Statewide Quarantine and Removal from Sale order on December 4th for the organic fertilizer product Agro Gold WS. Read more

Effective November 30, 2020, Cal/OSHA implemented new temporary standards imposing significant obligations on California employers relating to COVID-19 policies and procedures. Read more

The wine industry is the subject of intense activity in many legal subject areas, including constitutional law, intellectual property, environmental and land use regulation, tra Read more

Ten years after publishing the first edition of the Agricultural Law Sourcebook, the Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section has enhanced the offering of legal forms for use by agricultural law practitioners. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section will kick off its 2020 Agriculture Tour series with the California Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag Issues Update Meeting, to be held in Sacramento on Friday, February 21, 2020. The program is a unique opportunity for practitioners to hear the perspectives of Farm Bureau’s legal staff on recent judicial opinions, pending court cases, and key legislative and regulatory developments affecting agribusiness throughout California. Read more

On January 23, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a final rule defining the scope of waters federally regulated under the Clean Water Act. The rule, called the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, is the second step in a comprehensive, two-step process intended to review and revise the definition of “waters of the United States” consistent with the Executive Order signed on February 28, 2017, “Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule.” Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section will kick off its 2020 Agriculture Tour series with the California Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag Issues Update Meeting, to be held in Sacramento on Friday, February 21, 2020. Read more

On October 18, 2019, the Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section traveled to the New Car Dealer’s Association Showroom in Sacramento, California. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section will continue its 2019 Agriculture Tour series with an Ag Labor Tour, to be hosted by JRG Attorneys at Law. Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section will continue its 2019 Agriculture Tour series with a Legislative and Regulatory Review. Come learn about recent legislation and regulatory actions impacting agriculture, wine industry, food processing, water districts, and food producers. Read more