David Domina Argues in Favor of USDA / DOJ Proposed GIPSA Rules
Reinvigorate Rights of Food Producers, Increase Competition, Protect Jobs and Safeguard America's Food Supply. Listen here...
New Domina Taylor Report Published: Let's Look at the Statute. Surprise! It's Not About Efficiency!
Many academic economists have blinders on: All they see is efficiency, efficiency, efficiency. This is true of recent comments about GIPSA proposed regulations and the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921. It is also true of numerous economic analyses by government and academic economists. Read full report...
Domina Participates in US Supreme Court Submission
David A Domina joined Washington DC lawyer Howard Shapiro, University of Wisconsin antitrust professor Peter Carstensen, and Cohutta GA lawyer Cindy Johnson, is an effort to redress a wrong to a poultry producer in Tennessee. The filing against Tyson Farms was made January 5th. A copy can be read here. Read full story...
Montana Ag Summit Speaker to Address Why Too Big is Failing
Omaha, Neb. – December 2, 2010 – Montana Cattleman’s Association will have DOMINA LAW Group trial lawyer, David A. Domina, address “The Problems with the Structure of America’s Ag Markets: Why Too Big is Failing” during the Montana Ag Summit in Lewistown, Mont., this Saturday. Read full story...
Too Big to Fail Strikes Agriculture
GIPSA is in the process of issuing new rules to regulate the marketplace. The proposed rules would have only a modest effect on a firm like Eastern, but they have drawn the ire of big players in the cattle, hog, and poultry industries. The biggest packers and producers call the proposed new regulations “draconian” and claim they will “set the meat industry back 50 years.”
OCM’s General Counsel, David A. Domina said: “Too big to fail is simply not working; too big to fail is a failure in and of itself. The collapse of this massive firm is going to be devastating to thousands of cattlemen, sale barns, truckers, ranch hands, and many others. It may take years to sort out the full scale of devastation. We cannot allow this kind of concentration to continue.” Read full story...
Domina, Taylor File Final USDA/USDOJ Comments
on Fair Market Rules
Economist C Robert Taylor and David A Domina filed their Final Comments on the GIPSA proposed rules to reinvigorate the marketplace for cattle, hogs and poultry. Domina and Taylor's prior work on Market Concentration has been cited in national and international publications. They delivered a rebuttal to the U S General Accounting Office report to the U S Congress a year ago. The GAO report was largely repudiated as a result. Read full story...
Watch clips of David Domina's Appearance on DOJ USDA Panel
US Supreme Court Considers Petition for Writ of Certiorari
The United States Supreme Court has a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, co-authored by David A. Domina with three other lawyers, under consideration. The Court will decide whether to review a Sixth Circuit decision against a poultry producer, Alton Terry. Mr. Terry sued Tyson Farms, Inc., because a poultry processor refused to honor his request to be present when his birds were weighed to determine the amounts owed him. Read full story...
Domina to Address Kansas Cattlemen’s Association
The Kansas Cattlemens Association’s annual meeting at Great Bend, Kansas, will feature David Domina as the group’s banquet speaker. Domina will address the association on Friday evening. Read full story...
Domina, Jorde Address Rural Interests
Speaking at the invitation of the Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska, David Domina and Brian Jorde assembled with cattle producers at North Platte, Nebraska, on October 24. Their lively conversation described the history of the federal regulation of agricultural markets and efforts to assure producers have a fair marketplace at which to sell their products. Read full story...