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'Why Is My City Monitoring Me?'
Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is representing Canosa in his suit against Coral Gables, said he is skeptical of that claim. “In practice, what they’ve done is they’ve set up at least 30 cameras around the city, and it’s not just the perimeter,” he said. “They have these cameras at…
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Ex-Xerox Exec Loses Bid To Toss 16-Year-Old Gag Order
A New York federal judge on Monday denied a former Xerox executive’s request for release from a 16-year-old gag rule in a securities case, telling him the request came far too late and didn’t actually challenge the court’s authority over him or make any claims of impropriety regarding due process. Read the full article here.…
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USDA Reverses Cattle-Tracking Rules After Pushback From Ranchers
A civil rights group and the Wyoming ranchers it represents are celebrating the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to walk back its new cattle-tagging regulations after the ranchers challenged the rules in court. A guidance document, which has since been taken off the APHIS website, had given livestock producers in the U.S. until January 2023…
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APHIS Clarifies Animal Disease Traceability Requirements
Last April, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted a fact sheet to provide producers with information about the agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. Since the fact sheet was posted, APHIS said it has listened to the livestock industry’s feedback and will be scaling back…
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