Agribusiness & Food Safety

Shook, Hardy & Bacon has a long and successful history of representing agribusinesses in a wide variety of legal matters. The SHB Agribusiness & Food Safety Practice assists clients with complex litigation, corporate transactions, electronic discovery, environmental challenges, food safety concerns, insurance and recoupment, intellectual property issues, and labor and employment matters. This practice focuses on integrated issues management involving preventative measures, internal auditing, public relations strategies, and tort reform initiatives. It also provides expertise on corporate compliance, internal and external education programs, document retention and technology solutions, and crisis management. With attorneys who understand the complex challenges faced by today’s agricultural sector, SHB clients can expect appropriate risk-sharing, early case assessment and cost-effective, creative arrangements tailored to their individual needs.

The SHB Agribusiness & Food Safety Practice supplements these services with a continued engagement in the legal, technical and cultural events surrounding food production today. SHB has a unique commitment to analyzing industry trends and reporting to clients on relevant legislative and regulatory developments, activist statements, media coverage, and scientific literature. SHB attorneys routinely work with the firm’s research analysts, who hold advanced degrees in agriculture, biology and genetics, to formulate defense theories, evaluate scientific and technical issues, and identify and prepare witnesses.