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2019 New Voices in Animal Law Writing Contest: Bailey Frank
Bailey Frank, 1L at Duke Law school, is the winner of the 2019 New Voices in Animal Law Writing Contest!December 16, 2019 Student Chapters -
Challenging Fairlife’s Deceptive Marketing Practices
In November 2019, the Animal Legal Defense Fund joined forces with multiple law firms to bring a class action lawsuit against Fairlife LLC, an Illinois-based dairy company owned by Coca-Cola and Select Milk Producers, Inc. The…
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Defending California’s Proposition 12
In October 2019, a coalition of animal protection organizations filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the constitutionality of the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act and preserve California’s right to ban…
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How False Advertising Lawsuits Help Animals
Some producers and retailers market their products in ways designed to trick consumers into believing that their products are “humane” even though they come from animals who suffer in industrialized factory farming facilities. -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit Shuts Down Florida Backyard Slaughter Operations
Court rules slaughter operations violate state animal cruelty and slaughter laws.August 26, 2019 Press Release -
Challenging Tillamook’s Deceptive Advertising
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Tillamook County Creamery Association for its misrepresentations about the source of its milk and the conditions in which the company’s cows live. The lawsuit was filed…
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From Farmhouse to Courthouse: Applying Animal Cruelty Law on Behalf of Farmed Animals 2019
Farmed animals feature in some of the oldest known legal cases. Despite the venerable history of farmed animals within the law, these animals are all too often thought of as being entirely excluded from the protection of animal cruelty legislation. -
Challenging Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund led a coalition that filed a lawsuit in Arkansas challenging the constitutionality of the state’s Ag-Gag law — which prohibits undercover investigations that expose abuses at factory farms and other businesses…
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Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Arkansas Ag-Gag Law
Advocates for animals, free speech and the environment take on secrecy at factory farms following victories in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and IowaJune 25, 2019 Press Release -
Challenging Iowa’s Ag-Gag 2.0 Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s new Ag-Gag law — a law that is substantively similar to an Iowa law that was struck down on January 9, 2019. In…
