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  • November 12, 2026

    11th Circ. Revives Fla. Small Biz Qui Tam After Key Ruling

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday remanded a long-running False Claims Act lawsuit alleging the owners of a construction company defrauded a program for disadvantaged small businesses, finding that an appellate panel sent a similar case back to a lower court after ruling the Constitution wasn't violated.

  • November 12, 2026

    Feds, SpaceX Say Groups Can't Show Land Swap Injury

    SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renewed their call for a Texas federal judge to toss a lawsuit challenging their South Texas land swap deal, saying that the groups that sued cannot base their alleged damages on theoretical future development by SpaceX.

  • November 12, 2026

    Novig Can't Block NY From Enforcing Sports Betting Rules

    A New York federal judge has declined to block the state from enforcing gambling restrictions against prediction market Novig, finding that the platform's sports-related event contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act and therefore can be regulated by the state.

  • November 12, 2026

    Trump Admin Sued Over Revival Of Arctic Drilling Leases

    The Center for Biological Diversity and Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Thursday over its reinstatement of Hilcorp Alaska's expired offshore oil and gas drilling leases in the Arctic, arguing that the decision failed to consider oil spill risks and environmental harms. 

  • November 12, 2026

    TikTok Backs School District In MDL Trial Witness Fight

    School district plaintiffs on Wednesday opposed a bid by YouTube, Snap and Meta to exclude late-disclosed witnesses from an upcoming bellwether trial in social media addiction multidistrict litigation, noting that defendant TikTok agreed the school district witnesses can be added if TikTok USDS Joint Venture's new CEO can testify as well.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Board of Indian Appeals
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  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
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  • Cases involving tribal employers
  • Criminal jurisdiction disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
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