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• February 23, 2026

  Feds Look To Nix Tribes' $23B Boarding School Dispute

  The Interior Department is seeking to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that would require the U.S. to account for how much of an estimated $23 billion spent on past Indian boarding school programs was tribal money, saying there is no law that requires it to undertake such an effort.

• February 23, 2026

  States Back Challenge To IRS' Nix Of Wind, Solar Safe Harbor

  Sixteen Democratic-led states are backing a legal challenge to an Internal Revenue Service notice eliminating a safe harbor test that large wind and solar projects could use to qualify for clean energy tax credits.

• February 23, 2026

  Plaintiff's Depo Dooms Cert. In Blue Diamond False Ad Suit

  An Illinois federal judge Friday denied class certification in a lawsuit accusing Blue Diamond Growers of deceiving consumers by describing its almonds as "smokehouse" when their titular taste comes from synthetic flavoring, saying the proposed lead plaintiff admitted in a deposition she had knowledge of the alleged defect but continued to purchase the product.

• February 23, 2026

  DAC Beachcroft Expands US Footprint With New Miami Office

  DAC Beachcroft LLP announced Monday that it is opening an office in Miami and has added new insurance coverage teams there and in Los Angeles.

• February 23, 2026

  Justices Won't Review Religious Group's Bid Against IRS Lien

  The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a religious organization's constitutional challenge against the Internal Revenue Service over a lien on church property to collect taxes owed by the group's bankrupt founder and her family.

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