Emily Ashcraft

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Citrus Farm Workers Claim They Were Not Paid Fair...

Current and former employees of Bee Sweet Citrus Inc. filed a class-action complaint on Thursday in the Eastern District of California purporting that they were not paid sufficient wages...

Settlement Reached With Final Defendant in Farmer’s Peanut Antitrust...

On Thursday, the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit purporting that major companies in the runner peanut industry are participating in anticompetitive activities asked the Eastern District of Virginia to...

COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Provides Debt Relief for Minority Farmers

The $1.9 trillion stimulus bill signed by President Biden on Thursday gives a significant amount of funding to agriculture, including $4 billion for debt relief for minority or socially...

Settlement Reached in PepsiCo’s Gatorlyte Trademark Lawsuit

PepsiCo Inc. settled its Southern District of Texas trademark lawsuit relating to its new Gatorade line of products known as Gatorlyte on Tuesday.  The lawsuit against PepsiCo claimed that...

Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Claims From Poultry...

On Wednesday, Judge Stephanie Gallagher of the Maryland District Court denied four motions to dismiss filed by poultry companies in a class-action antitrust lawsuit, ruling that the Second Amended...

EPA Reaches $3M Settlement With Companies Over Emissions “Defeat”...

The EPA announced on Wednesday that it reached a settlement with JB Automotive LLC, an Iowa company that was accused of selling “defeat” devices used to eliminate emissions...