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  • July 20, 2026

    Groups Seek Win In Suit Over Big Bend Border Wall Waivers

    Environmental and community groups asked a Texas federal judge Friday to grant them summary judgment in their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's waiver of dozens of environmental and other federal laws to speed border wall construction across roughly 430 miles, arguing it's a clear violation of the major questions doctrine.

  • July 20, 2026

    More Urban Hospitals Challenge HHS Medicare Wage Index

    Dozens of urban-area hospitals have filed another suit over the Health and Human Services wage index methodology for Medicare reimbursements, claiming the calculation was flawed between 2019 and 2023 and they are owed "prompt" payment to remediate the incorrect calculations.

  • July 20, 2026

    CFTC Has 'Lost Its Way' On Prediction Markets, Ex-Chair Says

    Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Timothy Massad said Monday that the agency has "lost its way" with a prediction market rule proposal that misinterprets the agency's mission and statutes to turn it into a national sports betting regulator.

  • July 20, 2026

    EEOC Defends Subpoenas In Suit Over NM Native Bias Probe

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a New Mexico school board hasn't explained why it failed to exhaust administrative remedies to challenge the agency's subpoenas seeking employment and applicant data as part of its investigation into alleged race discrimination.

  • July 20, 2026

    Kalshi's Prediction Market Biz Facing Shutdown In Wash.

    A Washington federal judge Monday granted the state's bid to preliminarily enjoin Kalshi's operations in the state, agreeing with Attorney General Nick Brown that the prediction market platform offers unlicensed sports wagering and other illegal online gambling activities.

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Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Board of Indian Appeals
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • National Indian Gaming Commission
  • Indian Health Service
  • Office of Indian Education
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  • Civil Rights Act
  • Tribal recognition rules
  • Native American trust fund and land issues
  • Gaming compact negotiations
  • Federal and state tax policies and revenue-sharing
  • Native American lobbying groups
  • LITIGATION
  • Suits over development projects involving Native American groups, including mining and drilling, casinos and resorts, and shopping centers
  • Disputes over land use and other natural resources
  • Breach of trust and mismanagement of tribal resources suits
  • Native American rights, sovereignty, and tribal recognition disputes
  • Cases involving tribal employers
  • Criminal jurisdiction disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of Native American and tribal law practices

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  • Tribal leaders and tribal government officials
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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