Agriculture
Our attorneys have extensive experience in successfully advising, navigating, and litigating the vast majority of common issues facing the agricultural business. RTW attorneys frequently represent almond, walnut, pistachio, wine-grape, blueberry, and rice growers, along with agricultural equipment manufacturers in cases ranging from breach of sales contracts to product-misrepresentation claims to pesticide-drift cases to complex disputes about cultivation delays caused by suppliers resulting in lost yields.
RTW also has substantial experience in the regulatory and statutory environments affecting vineyards and wineries.
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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
General counsel to $40 million+ almond, walnut, fruit and nut farming concern with operations including custom farming, hulling, shelling, processing, packing, and international sales.
Lead trial counsel to pistachio grower in real-estate ownership dispute.
General counsel to large rice farming company in north-central California.
General counsel to watermelon farming operation in litigation against nursery, seed supplier, and crop-management company arising from complex critical-path delay issues relating to delays in provision of seed, mismanagement of seed deliveries, and delays in germination.
Lead counsel in formation and regulatory matters for Placer County vineyard and winery.
Lead counsel in agricultural fraud case involving mislabeling of almond products and violations of Form 8 regulations in which we obtained judgment for $1.5 million.
Advised and drafted numerous agricultural gross and net leases for almonds, walnuts, and pistachios.