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"Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry" with Austin Frerick
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building
Join agricultural and antitrust policy expert Austin Frerick, who will be at lowa Law to discuss his new book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. Barons is the story of seven corporate titans in the food industry and their rise to power, with a lens on Iowa and the Midwest.
Barons has received universal acclaim, including a coveted starred review from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and has been named one of the “Best Books of 2024” by the latter. The...

Workers on the Frontlines of a Hotter Planet: 2025 Iowa Labor and Climate Conference
Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00am to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The UI Labor Center and the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative will host the 2025 Labor and Climate Conference on Saturday, April 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The topics of focus for this event are rising heat, public health, and worker safety. National speakers will be featured, as well as breakout sessions on topics including:
How rising heat impacts Iowans health and safety;
Local and state laws and national policy initiatives to mitigate the effect of heat...

The Making of Environmental Law in the United States with Richard J. Lazarus
Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building
Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the College of Law in welcoming Richard J. Lazarus, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, for a talk about The Making of U.S. Environmental Law - with a particular emphasis on the Midwest.
More about the discussion:
Richard J. Lazarus offers a new interpretation of the past three decades of this area of the law, examining the legal, political, cultural, and scientific factors that have shaped — and sometimes...
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