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2008-11-24 | permalink
Attorneys’ statements in U.S. tainted rice suit not unethical
A Lonoke County circuit judge said Monday he would not sanction attorneys for statements they made to the media in connection with a lawsuit over genetically modified rice. Lawyers for Stuttgart-based Riceland Foods Inc. asked Judge Phillip Whiteaker for a contempt finding against attorneys for a group of rice farmers who allege in a lawsuit that Riceland, the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice, contaminated the 2006 U.S. long-grain rice supply with unapproved, genetically modified rice.
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2008-11-24 | permalink
Attorneys’ statements in U.S. tainted rice suit not unethical
A Lonoke County circuit judge said Monday he would not sanction attorneys for statements they made to the media in connection with a lawsuit over genetically modified rice. Lawyers for Stuttgart-based Riceland Foods Inc. asked Judge Phillip Whiteaker for a contempt finding against attorneys for a group of rice farmers who allege in a lawsuit that Riceland, the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice, contaminated the 2006 U.S. long-grain rice supply with unapproved, genetically modified rice.
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