In Case You Missed It: Food Labeling Webinar

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Last May, I had to pleasure to moderate a Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) webinar for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s (“GP Solo”) Agriculture Law Committee on food labeling issues for farmers, food entrepreneurs and restaurants.  If you missed the live webinar, you can purchase the recording here. Furthermore, don’t forget that the GP …

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Register for the Upcoming Food Labeling CLE to Help Counsel Farmers, Food Entrepreneurs and Restaurants

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I’m super excited about an upcoming Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) webinar that I will be moderating for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s (“GPSolo”) Agriculture Law Committee next month on food labeling law for farmers, food entrepreneurs and restaurants.  We will be covering a lot of information in this 2 hour webinar and hope …

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Save the Date: Farm Employment/Labor Law Webinar on Feb. 20th

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I will be moderating a webinar titled “Overview of Employment and Labor Law for Farms and Ranches” on Wednesday, February 20, 2013  from 2:00- 4:00 ET for the American Bar Association’s General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s Agriculture Law Committee. Other faculty include Rachel Armstrong (Farm Commons), Kimbery Clarke (Varum LLP), Edward Cox (Drake University Agriculture Law Center), Karen Eichman …

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ABA GP Solo Agriculture Law Committee to Meet at AALA

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The American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s (“GP Solo”) Agriculture Law Committee (which I chair) will meet in person on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 7:00am (yep you read that correctly – 7 bells) at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Agriculture Law Conference at the Sheratan in Nashville, Tennessee. Bright & early!  (Don’t …

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Appointed as the Chair of the ABA GP Solo Agriculture Law Committee for 2012-2013

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For the second year in a row, I have been appointed as the Chair of the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s Agriculture Law Committee for the 2012-2013 year.  It has been an exciting first year getting the Committee up and going again with two fantastic Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) webinars on crop/livestock insurance and …

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Debrief From Skype Conversation About Being An Agriculture Attorney

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I hope that my readers had a wonderful Fourth of July vacation and were able to spend some time in the sun.  I had a nice time running again and spending time on a few beaches on Long Island including Shelter Island and Robert Moses Beach.  Some R & R is always a good thing. Last Friday, I enjoyed a …

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Will Be Attending the American Agriculture Law Association Annual Agriculture Law Symposium

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I will be attending the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Agriculture Law Symposium on October 19-20, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.  I highly recommend the conference if you are a lawyer or law student hoping to build a food and agriculture law practice. Registration forms will be available later this summer.  If you are a law student, there are travel …

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Free Webinar: Crop Insurance & Southern Agriculture

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The National Agriculture Law Center and Banks Law Firm, PLLC will be having a free webinar on Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 12-1pm ET on crop insurance’s applicability to the agriculture industry in “the south”.  According to the webinar’s description, Harrison Pittman and Grant Ballard will discuss the following: Update on current federal policy debate regarding crop insurance, including unique …

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Debrief From Skype Convo About Being an Agriculture Attorney

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Wow.  Cannot believe how fast May is passing.  Time flies when you are having fun.  I had a pleasant conversation with some lovely ladies earlier this month who wish to have a career in agriculture law.  Here were a couple of the questions. 1.  How did you get started? I started my law practice by moving to New York City …

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Missed the Local Food CLE? Don’t Worry, You Can Get the Recording

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Last Thursday I moderated a fantastic local food law CLE (i.e., “Continuing Legal Education”).  The faculty worked hard putting together substantive materials for the attendees including relevant ancillary materials (such as this, this, and this).  If you missed the live webinar, you can purchase the CLE from the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) webstore here. Though the CLE was directed to …

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Last Day to Register for Local Food CLE

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Don’t forget that tomorrow I will be moderating a local food law CLE for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm (“GP Solo”) Division’s Agriculture Law Committee titled  “Counseling the Local Food Movement:  What a Practitioner Should Know”  discussing procurement laws for local food, direct farm marketing (farmers markets, CSA’s), Food Safety Modernization Act exemptions, Cottage …

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Debrief from Skype Conversation About Being an Ag Lawyer

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I had the opportunity to speak to a great crew via Skype last Friday about being an agriculture lawyer.  It’s casual “open mic” style so we talked about whatever the participants wanted to talk about.  I have been getting a lot of these types of inquiries lately from folks in many different stages of life/career.  I want to note a …

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