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Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Sep. 20, 2017

Foie gras ban injunction struck down, now what?

An opinion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just gave us the next chapter in a tumultuous saga surrounding California's foie gras ban, codified in California Health and Safety Code Section 25982.

Pooja S. Nair

Partner
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Email: pnair@ecjlaw.com

Pooja is a litigation attorney who has represented clients in the health care, life sciences, and banking industries in state and federal court, and has handled delicate compliance issues and internal investigations. She is a member of the firm's food and beverage department.

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Foie gras ban injunction struck down, now what?
Four-week-old ducks on a foie gras farm in the Central Valley in September 2003. (New York Times News Service)

An opinion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just gave us the next chapter in a tumultuous saga surrounding California’s foie gras ban, codified in California Health and Safety Code Section 25982. Association des Éleveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Québec v. Becerra, 2017 DJDAR 9148 (Sept. 15, 2017). The law was passed in 2004 and has been the subject of litigation ever since it went to effect. The 9th Circuit reversed a lower court dec...

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