Agriculture Law: Overview of Farm Labor Law Issues

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[slideshare id=86116441&doc=farmlaborlaws-whatyouneedtoknow-180113203306] I gave this presentation last week at the Illinois Specialty Crops, Agri-Tourism and Organic Conference in Springfield, Illinois. It gives an overview of labor and employment law issues that affect farms and small to mid-sized agribusinesses. It discuss employee vs. independent contractor classifications, unpaid labor, hiring practices, minimum wage and overtime, child labor, Family Medical Leave Act, employment …

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Upcoming Lawline Presentation on Veterinary Feed Directive

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[slideshare id=67083532&doc=overviewoftheveterinaryfeeddirective-161012174759] This presentation was created for the upcoming Lawline.com presentation titled “Lawyer’s Guide to the Veterinary Feed Directive.” The Lawline presentation will be on November 3, 2016 at 3:30pm ET.  It is a more expanded presentation from the one that I gave a few weeks ago in Oklahoma City, OK at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting. …

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Presentation on Common Agriculture Contacts

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[slideshare id=64362431&doc=overviewofcommonagriculturecontracts-7-25-16-160725160412] I will be going through the above presentation for a live webcast this Thursday at 3:30pm ET via Lawline.  The recording will be available soon after my presentation via Lawline. You can register for the live webcast here. In this presentation, I will be discussing a few of the major contractual issues that affect production agriculture including agriculture production …

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How Food & Agriculture Lawyers Can Better Use Multimedia with their Cases and Practices

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I will be moderating a roundtable at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting this afternoon.  The below powerpoint will be used as a discussion starter for the panel.  I have included this list of additional resources in the materials. The panel will discuss the differences between marketing, advertising and public relations. Then the panel will discuss how food …

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My Presentation on “Getting Paid” at the American Agriculture Law Association Annual Meeting

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  Had a great time at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting this past week.  I moderated a roundtable discussion on “Getting Paid:  Billing and Collection Strategies for the Food and Agriculture Lawyer.”  My presentation has none of the answers – only the questions!  However, I did provide a substantive outline for the attendees that is located here. The …

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Using Business Entities as a Risk Management Tool for Your Farm or Food Business

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I enjoyed presenting at the NOFA-NY Annual Meeting last Sunday in Saratoga Springs, NY.  My presentation on “Using Business Entities as a Risk Management Tool to Help Organic Growth for your Food & Agriculture Business” is below. [slideshare id=30215443&doc=organicgrowthforyourbusiness-useofbusinessentities-140120092329-phpapp02]

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Lawline Lecture: Counseling the Local Food Movement

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As I noted in this post, last month, I enjoyed presenting at Lawline on Counseling the Local Food Movement Part II.  It was Part III of a Three Part series that I did at Lawline this fall on food and agriculture law.  In this presentation, I discuss I discuss Food Safety Modernization Act, the National Organic Program, Right-to-Farm law, backyard …

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Counseling the Local Food Movement Part II

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Below is the presentation from last night’s webinar “Part II:  Counseling the Local Food Movement” for Lawline.  It was the third presentation in a three part series.  Free Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) credits are available for each one.  I think that Lawline is a worthwhile investment for attorneys – over the weekend I was able to listen to a matrimonial …

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Free CLE: Counseling the Local Food Movement (Part One)

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I gave this presentation to Lawline last Thursday.  It was the first part of a two part series on “Counseling the Local Food Movement.”  I discussed the history of direct farm marketing, current trends, cottage food operations (i.e., home based food processing), liability and insurance.   You can listen to my presentation and get a FREE CLE by clicking here. …

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Free CLE: My Presentation on How to Start and Grow a Food and Agriculture Law Practice

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I gave this presentation to Lawline last month. You can watch the video and obtain a FREE CLE credit from Lawline by registering here. [slideshare id=26878720&doc=howtostartandgrowafoodandagriculturelawpractice-131004195539-phpapp01]

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Using Social Media to be an Advocate for Agriculture

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I developed the below presentation for the Oneida County, New York 4-H program a few weeks ago.  The below presentation includes primarily screenshots illustrating use of social media to “tell the story” of agriculture to the American consumer.  It’s been a few years since I have had a “Blogroll” – the presentation notes several nice blogs from agriculture producers, including …

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New York Estate Planning, Medicaid & Trusts

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Happy New Year’s Eve!  For those of you thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions for 2013, I recommending getting your estate planning in order.  Kudos goes out to Daniel Timins, a law school classmate of mine, for putting together some excellent New York estate planning and medicaid presentations. This presentation gives a nice overview of New York Medicaid.  The presentation …

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