Monthly Archives: November, 2020

Smithfield Meatpacking Location Fined $100,000 for COVID-19 Related Violations

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) fined Smithfield Foods-owned meatpacking plant, Farmer John, with more than $100,000 in fines for alleged...

Disease Expert Alleges Harassment Against Hospital After Reporting Errors

On November 13, a complaint was filed against the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County and Brian Dawson, MD, for harassment connected...

Sugar Beet Farmers Say They Should Not Be Required to Label Products As Bioengineered

Sugar beet farmer associations and the American Farm Bureau Federation filed a motion on Monday asking to intervene in a Northern District of California...

DoorDash Files For Public Debut After Revenue Skyrockets From COVID-19 Pandemic

On Friday, food delivery company DoorDash released its public S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); DoorDash plans to go public early...

Parties Reach $40M Settlement in TurboTax Fee Class Action

Last week, a nationwide class of taxpayers filed for preliminary settlement approval in a case  claiming that Intuit Inc., via its TurboTax website, unfairly...

Tribal Nation Hospital Seeks Order Compelling Federal Agency to Renew Contract

Plaintiff Navajo Health Foundation-Sage Memorial Hospital, Inc. (Sage) has filed a lawsuit on Friday asking the District of New Mexico to compel the Indian...

Union Argues Against Dismissal in Case Challenging USDA Regulations Governing Chicken Production Line Speed

In the pending suit before Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the District Court for the District of Columbia, plaintiffs United Food and Commercial Workers...

Amended Complaint Filed in Hemp Seizure Suit

Agro Dynamics, LLC filed an amended complaint on Friday in a suit alleging that the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the County...