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The owners of the California-based Hallmark Meat Packing Co. have reportedly settled claims that they committed fraud under the False Claims Act (FCA) by supplying ground beef to school lunch programs without meeting contractual commitments to treat their animals humanely
Three lead class attorneys who, for five years or longer, have represented African-American farmers claiming discrimination in government farm loan programs, have filed their fee petition seeking 7.4 percent of the preliminarily approved $1.25 billion settlement, or $90.8 million
Alleging that a government contractor sprayed an herbicide on their property as part of transmission-line maintenance, the owners of a state-certified organic beef farm in Skagit County, Washington, have sued the U.S. government and the contractor for damages incurred by the contamination of their property
