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14 Jun 2021, 9:03 pm
Despite increasing inequality, recent legislation signals potential redress for Black farmers. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 9:11 pm
Click Here Settlement reached with ethanol plant. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 12:25 am
Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Government Announces $1.25 Billion Settlement in Black Farmer Litigation "Obama administration officials today announced a proposed $1.25 billion settlement to resolve racial discrimination claims by potentially tens of thousands of black farmers who were denied equal access to U.S. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 6:03 am
You can read the decision in In Re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, Misc. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 6:03 am
You can read the decision in In Re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, Misc. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 8:37 am
Seems like the administration is pledging to find $1.5 billion to help farmers hit by natural disasters, but the $1.25 billion civil rights settlement to compensate black farmers "for being left out of federal farm loan and assistance programs for years due to racism" is still not funded. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 8:37 am
Seems like the administration is pledging to find $1.5 billion to help farmers hit by natural disasters, but the $1.25 billion civil rights settlement to compensate black farmers "for being left out of federal farm loan and assistance programs for years due to racism" is still not funded. [read post]
December 29, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings
29 Dec 2009, 5:50 pm
SETTLEMENTS Ala. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 5:25 pm
Ms Hipp spoke on civil rights initiatives at the USDA including the settlement of the In re Black Farmers case involving late claims in the prior Pigford case and the settlement of the Keepseagle class action discrimination case brought on behalf of Native American farmers.Professor Alison Peck from the University of West Virginia College of Law spoke on environmental issues under the USDA, focusing on the recent approval of a number of genetically modified crops… [read post]
7 Jul 2013, 9:28 pm
I also profited from his discussion of the post-civil war settlement and the question of how to reconfigure the newly freed black labor force. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 6:30 am
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who crusades against distracted driving, worsens the problem by honking at motorists he sees using phones [WTOP via Mike Riggs, Reason] Expensive new mandate for back-up cameras in cars may be delayed until after election [Ira Stoll and more, Ann Althouse] With reporter Lee Stranahan, the late Andrew Breitbart shone an investigative spotlight on the USDA’s billion-dollar settlement with lawyers representing black farmers, and… [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 8:49 am
Chairman Lincoln is also trying to include funding for the Pigford settlement, "a long-standing black farmers' discrimination lawsuit against USDA. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 5:08 am
Feds indict activist for handing out “jury nullification” tracts outside courthouse [Volokh, Greenfield] Anti-abortion billboard taken down after demand by NYC pol; co. says fear of violence was spur [NY Times] Pigford class action (USDA bias against black farmers) defended and assailed [Friedersdorf and readers, Daniel Foster/NR, Mark Thompson/LOG, earlier here, here, here, etc.] [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 10:35 pm
Courthouse overflowing with out-of-towner law suits” [Madison County Record] Lawyers in black-farmer action deploy Cornell’s Theodore Eisenberg in quest for $90.8 million payday [BLT] “Ohio Man Sues Coworkers Who Won’t Share Mega Millions Lottery Win” [AOL; more on the evergreen lawsuit genre of co-worker lottery suits] Tags: asbestos, FDA, forum shopping, lottery, Madison County, unauthorized practice Related posts The Lawsuits of… [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 3:04 am
It’s also the start of Black History Month, the annual celebration and triumph of the descendants of African-Americans. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 5:22 pm
“In many rural communities, [farmers] might have some of the symptoms but have not been diagnosed,” May explained. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 3:44 pm
Click Here Lisbon landfill to pay $4M settlement. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 8:01 pm
It's almost 5:00 p.m. and I'm preparing to live-blog Cutting-Edge Topics In Class Action Litigation, which is taking place in Oakland at the offices of Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 3:17 pm
Click Here UPS to Pay $53,931 in RCRA Settlement. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 7:35 am
Congress will soon vote on whether to fund part of a settlement between the USDA and African-American farmers who faced acknowledged discrimination -- farmers like Sherrod and her husband used to be. [read post]
