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Agribusiness Coronavirus/COVID-19

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Thinking About Selling Your Ag Business? Time to Get Your I-9s in Order

The past two years have seen significant growth in the number of mergers and acquisitions nationwide with many agriculture and farming business owners choosing to liquefy their assets and move on. At the same time, employers...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Perturbations des chaînes d’approvisionnement dans le secteur agroalimentaire et des produits alimen

Le secteur de l’agroalimentaire et des produits alimentaires et embouteillés figure au nombre des secteurs les plus durement touchés par la pandémie de COVID-19. Malgré l’assouplissement des restrictions et le retour à un...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Supply Chain Disruptions in the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry

The food, beverage and agribusiness (FBA) industry was among the most impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite restrictions easing, and the industry returning to a degree of normalcy, businesses operating in the space...more

White & Case LLP

Consumer and retail M&A picks up speed

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Deals in the consumer and retail sector show signs of recovery as consumer spending rallies post-pandemic - The consumer and retail sector has had a turbulent year. Some sub-sectors, including non-essential and physical...more

Hogan Lovells

Congress passes, and the President signs, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package

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In his first significant legislative achievement in office, President Biden quickly signed the American Rescue Plan, legislation passed by Congress providing $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief to Americans and businesses...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Legislative Top 5: February 19, 2021

With only three weeks until the first legislative deadline, higher profile legislative initiatives have started moving through committees and, in some cases, been voted on by the full House or Senate. Next Friday, February...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

COVID-19: Mayhem and Mutations in Mink

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Whatever your position on fur coats is, you should be worried about the effect of COVID-19 on the mink industry. As of this writing, the disease has been found on mink farms in nine countries: Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden,...more

Maynard Nexsen

Farm Credit and Agribusiness Highlights from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act

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The Farm Credit Group here at Nexsen Pruet has compiled the highlights from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (recently passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021) that...more

Saul Ewing LLP

From FDA to USDA – the Alphabet Soup of Regulatory Agencies and How the Government Has Permitted Some Flexibility During the...

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In this episode, host Kermit Nash, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with fellow FBA Practice co-chair, Jonathan Havens, on the portfolios of the U.S. Food and...more

Saul Ewing LLP

From Farm to Shelf – COVID’s Impact on Global Supply Chains

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In this episode, host Jonathan Havens speaks with Kermit Nash, both of whom are co-chairs of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the...more

A&O Shearman

Covid–19 coronavirus update: an overview of European Commission State aid decisions (updated 13 November 2020)

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Under State aid rules, UK and EEA Member State governments may not generally provide selective assistance to businesses without prior approval from the European Commission (EC). This includes assistance in the form of...more

Harris Beach PLLC

The State of Cannabis in New York

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New York state seemed poised to legalize marijuana in 2020 – but those efforts, like so many others, were thwarted by COVID-19. However, we can expect this unfinished business to remain on the radar – with legalization seen...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: September 2020 #2

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The USDA is allowing more comments on its new hemp rule. The House voted to allow marijuana research. We have an update on the Nebraska situation. Illinois’ social equity program comes under fire, while Maryland’s program is...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Egg Supplier Scrambling As Pandemic Price-Gouging Enforcement Heats Up

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Earlier this month, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of New York filed a lawsuit  in New York Supreme Court against Hillandale Farms alleging that the company gouged egg prices during the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Washington State Institutes Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirement for Food Production Workers

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On August 13, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued Proclamation 20-67: Food Production Workers Paid Leave. Proclamation 20-67 modifies previous proclamations to prohibit any food production employer from continuing to operate...more

Cozen O'Connor

Governor Wolf Proposes Legalization of Recreational Cannabis

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Governor Wolf announced on August 25, 2020, a call to action for the state legislature to legalize recreational marijuana, which he cited as a strong potential source of revenue for the commonwealth. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.24.2020 | Top Story: TikTok Confirms Plans to Sue U.S. over Recent Executive Orders Targeting App

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More on TikTok’s plans to sue the U.S. over the White House’s recent executive orders seeking to block the app on American soil and force its owner, ByteDance, to sell its American assets. The company intends to argue that...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Investments in Germany under COVID 19 – Turning Crises into Opportunity

The COVID-19 pandemic has already been declared as history's gravest economic crisis. Chancellor Angela Merkel described the current situation as "the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War." But...more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19: UK Competition Law Exemption for Dairy Industry Comes to an End

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The UK government’s Dairy Produce Order of May 1, 2020, which temporarily relaxed the application of UK competition law to certain types of cooperation in the dairy sector between dairy produce suppliers or dairy logistic...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

COVID-19 : des clients de l’industrie alimentaire partagent ce qu’ils ont appris

Après s’être débattues pendant plusieurs mois, les entreprises canadiennes exerçant des activités dans le secteur de l’agroalimentaire et des produits alimentaires et embouteillés sont maintenant en mesure de revenir sur ce...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Food Industry Clients Reflect on Insights Learned During COVID-19

Having weathered the storm for several months, Canadian food, beverage and agribusiness (FBA) businesses are now in a position to reflect upon what they have learned throughout this pandemic. Members of our Food, Beverage &...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #7

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In Washington: Sens. Ben Cardin (R-MD) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led a letter from a group of 31 senators calling on Senate leadership to include an international response to COVID-19 in the next coronavirus package....more

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EU wine producers can now benefit from a temporary relaxation in competition rules

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The European wine sector has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics from the European Commission (EC), there has been a 30% reduction in the volume of wine sold and a 50% drop in the value of...more

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SBA Reopens EIDL Loan and Grant Applications for Disaster Relief

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As of June 15, the Small Business Administration (SBA) again began accepting Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL grant (Grant) applications from qualifying small businesses in addition to agriculture businesses....more

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Temporary Food Labeling Policies in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March relaxed its labeling requirements for food manufacturers and restaurants to aid the distribution and sale of food...more

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