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The First Amendment does not protect all speech. A federal appeals court just ruled it does not give a person the right to gain access to a farm by “false pretenses.” On the other hand, the court held the First Amendment does protect certain false statements made as part of an employment application.
Read MoreActivist groups continue to challenge what they call “ag gag” or enhanced trespass statutes around the country, alleging the laws violate the U.S. Constitution. This post provides a national update on some of these lawsuits.
Read MoreHere in Indiana, can the government secretly record you and your family while you’re in the fields? A recent Farm Journal article on the “Open Fields” doctrine shines a light on this very practice in Tennessee.
Read MoreIndiana’s agricultural trespass law is different than many states “ag gag” laws. The ACLU recently challenged Iowa’s “ag gag” law—could Indiana be next?
Read MoreA series of recent New York Times articles have sounded the alarm about PFAS chemicals in biosolids being land applied as fertilizer to agricultural ground. Is the concern legit?
Todd Janzen and Brianna Schroeder will present “Dammed by Data: Government-Induced Flooding as a Taking” at the AALA Annual Educational Symposium.
Todd Janzen and Brianna Schroeder will both be presenters at the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review Live Symposium.
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The USDA is going to collect massive amounts of ag data as part of the Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities. How is all the data collected and how will it be used?