Distortions in the USDA’s proposed rules to regulate the use of contracts between processors of livestock and poultry and producers, who raise animals for America’s meat supply, are running wild. They appear to be fueled by packer and processor interests. | Full Story

Highly regarded and widely read University of Tennessee economist Dr Daryl Ray chose to devote a series of columns to the work of Dr Robert Taylor and David A Domina on problems affecting market concentration in American Agriculture. 

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Last Friday, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced new Rules to address the problem of increased contracting in the marketing and production of livestock and agriculture. The Organization for Competitive Markets applauded the Department's efforts. | Full Story | Link to USDA article | Link to NY Times article

" 'The reign of terror of the rule against perpetuities has ended.'  This is what the Nebraska Supreme Court's June 18, 2010 decision in Bauermeister v Waste Management Co., 280 Neb 1, --- NW2d --- (2010) means," said Dave Domina. Domina and DOMINA LAW Group pc llo argued the case for the Bauermeisters at the trial court, in the Court of Appeals, and in the Supreme Court. | Full Story

A fascinating oral argument presented by DOMINA LAW Group pc llo’s David A. Domina asks the Nebraska Supreme Court to hold that dirty politics, involving lies, should subject the perpetrator to potential civil liability.  Click here to watch the argument heard by the Supreme Court which now has the important decision under advisement. DOMINA LAW Group pc llo expects the Supreme Court’s decision to break ground and be announced by the end of the summer.
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Nebraska is a member of the Big Ten.  The “Big Ten” is no longer a union of ten schools, but, in fact, consists of twelve.  They are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin... | Full Story

DOMINA LAW Group pc llo announced to its clients, and others who regularly read its website, concerning their legal rights against Transocean Co., and British Petroleum.  Many Midwestern companies, ranging from shipping companies to importers of seafood from the Gulf or rice from Louisiana, and “others whose interests we cannot imagine,” may have substantial losses, including lost profits and commercial losses, against Transocean and British Petroleum. | Full Story

A jury rejected State Farm’s arguments its insured, DOMINA LAW Group pc llo’s client, was responsible for a fire in his residence causing extensive damage.  The Company refused coverage claiming its insured caused the fire to occur.  “State Farm’s case was built on flimsy circumstantial evidence,” Dave Domina said after the jury returned a verdict for nearly one-quarter of a million dollars. | Full Story

The new attention that federal regulators and attorneys general in several states are giving to anti-competitive practices in agriculture is welcome. There's little doubt that the market power of a few companies in agriculture has been growing almost exponentially in recent years. As Attorney General Eric H. Holder told a gathering of farmers in Iowa earlier this month, "Big is not necessarily bad." | Full Story

The Antitrust Division and the Department of Agriculture issued a call for public comments when they announced their plan to hold a number of workshops on competition issues in agriculture. Over 15,000 comments from farmers, consumers, academics, elected officials, and industry organizations were submitted. | Full Story 
Click here to read David Domina's comments to the DOJ on Market Transparency