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Agriprocessors attorneys withdraw as counsel, cite non-payment

By Lynda Waddington 10/2/08

Attorneys with a Des Moines-based law firm have filed and been granted motions to withdraw from two cases in which their former client, Agriprocessors, is the defendant. In one of the two cases, a primary reason for seeking release was an unmet financial obligation by Agriprocessors.

Agriprocessors plant manager: ‘We look forward to our day in court’

By Lynda Waddington 9/9/08

An Agriprocessors spokesman, confident that the state will not be able to prove its allegations of child labor law violations, said that the company is looking forward to its day in court.
“In order to convict, the state is going to have to prove that the defendants willfully violated the child labor laws,” said Chaim Abrahams. [...]

Search warrant executed at Agriprocessors

By Lynda Waddington 8/29/08

Staff in the Iowa Attorney General’s Office have confirmed that investigators executed a search warrant at Agriprocessors this morning, but they provided few other details.

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