August 15, 2022
A California tribal entity has sovereign immunity that shields it from a consulting firm's complaint over alleged wage and hour violations during the cleanup of wildfire damage on reservation land, even if that leaves the company with no path to litigate its dispute, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled.
December 21, 2021
A consulting and engineering services firm urged the Ninth Circuit to revive its efforts to hold a tribal entity responsible for alleged wage and hour violations during the cleanup of wildfire damage on reservation land, arguing a district court ruling rendered a provision of its contract with the tribe "meaningless."