Most often when anyone thinks about designing a website, it is generally all about the physical appearance and make it user friendly. However, a very important aspect that is often not thought about is providing information about the terms of use of that website. The terms of use or terms and conditions of a website provide visitors with the rules …
What is a 501(c)(5)?
You might have heard of a corporation or organization being referred to as a “501(c)(5)”. This reference refers to a specific Section in the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) and means it is a not for profit labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). It will be exempt form federal income taxes. To qualify for 501(c)(5) …
Why Your Website Needs a Privacy Policy Statement
When you visit a website you expect that any information you provide, whether it be your email address, your physical address, or credit card details, to be safely guarded by that website. When visiting a website you also provide information automatically, such as an IP address. A privacy policy is used to provide visitors a confirmation that all of their …
Multimedia Specialist: Grow Your Food & Agricultural Law Practice and Management of High Profile Cases
This video is from the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina last October 2015 from the roundtable discussion titled “Multimedia Specialist: Grow Your Food & Agricultural Law Practice and Management of High Profile Cases.” Offering their public relations advice, faculty members included Keith Emmer, Greg Brooks and Weatherly Thomas. Below are the powerpoint slides that …
My Presentation on New York Farm Animal Welfare Law
This presentation was prepared for Lawline.com. I was originally scheduled to give this presentation last month but it is postponed to this afternoon. Your can register for the live webcast or order the recording via Lawline. This presentation discusses the national perspective of livestock animal cruelty law, New York farm animal welfare law, “cowboy” criminal procedure (discussing search and seizure) and …
My Wine & Vineyard Law Presentation
[slideshare id=54880203&doc=nbiwinepresentation11-8-15-151108170827-lva1-app6891] Really enjoyed presenting on wine law last month via the National Business Institute (NBI). For those of you who are looking for holiday gift ideas for yours truly, I love wine. Red wine, white wine, sparkling wine, sake. I don’t discriminate. The above presentation focuses on permits and licenses. It also discusses the governmental players, the types of wineries, …
Some Food for Thought on Interns
Most businesses at one point or another come across the process of hiring interns. The decision to bring on an intern may be easy to take, but whether or not he should be paid is a matter that is more complicated. Many employers believe that as long as you label the person being hired as an intern that paying that …
Interested in Learning More About Insurance for Farms, Ranches, Agri-Businesses and Food Entrepreneurs?
I moderated a webinar for the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) General Practice Solo & Small Firm Division’s Agriculture Law Committee on insurance for the farmer, rancher, agri-business or food entrepreneur. The recording is available for purchase here. This is a substantive CLE program covering many types of insurance including, but not limited to, Farmowners’ Comprehensive Liability Program (“FCLP”), commercial insurance, …
Lawline Presentation on New York Farm Animal Welfare Law
I will be giving a Lawline presentation tomorrow, November 12, 2015 from 3:30 to 4:30pm on New York Farm animal welfare law. The live webcast is tomorrow but the recording will be available via Lawline later. Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) credit is available. This outline (posted on my JD Supra page) is New York specific but my presentation does talk …
Presentation on Direct Farm Marketing
This is my powerpoint presentation from the direct farm marketing, agri-tourism and local food presentation that I gave at the University of Tennessee about a month ago. My part of the presentation focuses on Community Supported Agriculture (“CSA”) Agreements, volunteer farm labor and the USDA Statistics from the Census of Agriculture on local food and direct farm marketing. Here is …
Litigating Surrounding Vermont’s GMO Labeling Bill
In April of 2014, Vermont became the first state in the United States to require that all food products sold within the state of Vermont have a label indicating if it contains genetically modified ingredients. The law also prohibits manufacturers from writing “natural” or “all-natural” if a food product does contain GMOs. The law goes into effect in July 2016, …
Overview of Syngenta Litigation
One of the most important questions that corn producers are asking themselves lately is whether or not to join in a class action lawsuit against Syngenta for being responsible for the drop in the market price of corn in 2013. The litigation arose when Syngenta manufactured a genetically modified seed containing the MIR 162 trait for corn. At that time, …