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Native American - May, 2015

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• 1st Circ. Won't Toss Atty's $1.1M Suit Seeking Fees From Tribe
• Alaska Justices Say State Must Notify Public Of Mine Permits
• Cherokees, Okla. Agree On Hunting, Fishing Rights Pact
• Tribe Moves For Quick Win In Martha's Vineyard Gambling Row
• New Wash. Law Invites Tribes Mulling Marijuana Biz
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• Wis. Tribe Wins Waste-To-Energy Plant Permit Dispute
• NIGC Touts Fee Rate Reduction For Tribal Gambling
• HUD To Extend LGBT Housing Protections To Tribal Programs
• Conn. Lawmakers Clear Path For Potential 3rd Tribal Casino
• SD Tribe Says Gaming Pact Governs State Casino Taxation
• Tribal Officials Not Immune In Casino Firing Row, Court Says
• Casino Bill Won't Affect Tribal Deals, Conn. AG Tells House
• Duluth Asks DC Circ. To Review Indian Casino Revenue Deal
• Tribal Graves Illegally Dug Up For $360M Casino, Suit Says
• Wyo. Hospital Says EPA Ruling Forces It Into Tribal Court
• Bill To Recognize Duwamish Tribe Goes To House Committee
• Indian Health Service To Pay Workers $80M In FLSA Suit
• US Wants Kansas Challenge To Quapaw Casino Tossed
• US Says ARCO Can't Avoid Superfund Costs Under Tribe Pact
• Pot Consultant, Financial Firm Team Up To Aid Tribes
• 8th Circ. OKs Nixing Of FTCA Suit Involving SD Tribal Police
• ConocoPhillips, Corps Beat Alaska Drilling Permit Row
• Okla. Tribes Again Ask Judge To Alter Timberlands Ruling
• Ala. Tribe Says Trust Land Used For Casino Is Tax-Exempt
• Freedmen Descendents' Class Cert. Bid Untimely, DOI Says
• New Mexico High Court Ruling May Make Indian Country Safer
• Calif. Activists Want Tribe's $360M Casino Halted For Appeal
• Maine Tribes Leave State Legislature Amid Acrimony
• Nez Perce Wants To Keep Spectrum Auction Collaborations
• Wash. Tribes Say Historic Fishing Rights Extend Far Offshore
• GSA Must Review Wind Farm's Enviro Exemption, Judge Says
• DOI Won't Revisit Pipeline Right-Of-Way Grant On Tribal Land
• Ariz. Uranium Mine To Stay Open As Tribe, Enviros Appeal
• High Court Passes On Casino Site Jurisdictional Challenge
• Digging Through The New Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Tribes Urge FCC To Fix Broadband Divide
• Nonprofit Takes Land-Into-Trust Suit Over Casino To 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Casino Guard Loses Seminole Tribe Employment Suit
• DOI Violated Oglala Sioux Law In Lease Dispute, Suit Claims
• How WilmerHale Probe Sparked RICO Claims In Tribal Schism
• Tribal Loan Manager Immune To Suit, Pa. Judge Says
• Native Americans Again Aim To Exclude NFL Team's Evidence
• DOI Says Potawatomi Suit Should Be Heard In Wisconsin
• Sen. Touts Bills To Restore Lands To Oregon Tribes
• Tribe Wins Halt To NY Village's Anti-Casino Law Enforcement
• Conn. Senate Passes Weakened Bill To Up Tribal Gaming
• DOI Dodges Claims Over Tribe's Disenrollment Vote
• British Columbia, Petronas Move Closer To $36B LNG Project
• USDA Blocked Farmer's Claim On Bias Deal, DC Circ. Told
• Blackfeet Officials Say Tribal Court Is Fair In Water Dispute
• Dollar General Urges Justices to Tackle Tribal Jurisdiction
• Gov't Says DC Circ. Must Deny Expenses In Indian Trust Row
• Interior Loses Bid To Toss Mesa Grande Band Land Dispute
• Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Casino Headed To 9th Circ.
• Tribal Water Pacts Head Off Costly Suits, Senate Panel Told
• Tribal Water Rights Dispute Kicked Back To Mont. Court
• 4th Circ. Urged To Rehear $25M Army Subcontract Dispute
• USDA Settlement Shouldn't Go To Nonprofits, Class Rep Says
• Enviros Say $1.75B Ariz. Freeway Will Harm Tribal Land
• DOE Picks Ex-Navajo Prez Candidate For Indian Energy Head
• E-Commerce Boom May Mean More IP Fights Over Tribal Art
• Calif. Tribe Says County Liable In Tribal Officer's Arrest
• 9th Circ. Rejects Religion Claim In $2.2B Solar Plant Row
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• Judge Tosses NY Tribe's Gaming Suit Amid Leadership Row
• HHS Urges Judge To Toss Wyo. Tribe's ACA Suit
• Tribal Descendants Owed A Reservation, 8th Circ. Told
• Tribes Rehashing Old Arguments On Timber Lands, Gov't Says
• Sens. Urge Permanent Extension Of Indian Coal Tax Credit
• Dominion Resources Eyes New Va. Routes For $5B Pipeline
• DOI Wants $3B To Boost Indian Affairs Programs In 2016
• Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Calif. Casino Axed As Premature
• Calif. Tribe Again Asks Judge To Toss Casino Firing Suit
• Interior Seeks Public Comment On Nev. Tribe's Solar Project
• Umpqua Bank Seeks To Toss Calif. Tribe's Fraud Suit
• Calif. Tribe Appeals Rancheria Termination Ruling To 9th Circ.
• DOI Can't Duck $17M Judicial Funding Request, Navajos Say
• Drillers Want Federal Fracking Rule Put On Hold Amid Review
• Overstock, Sears Sell Bogus Native American Jewelry: Suit
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• 8th Circ. Says Tribal Courts Can't Hear School District Cases
• Mass. Tribe Says Casino Regulations Violate State Law
• Reps Trade Barbs Over DOI's Tribal Land To Trust Process
• Sprint, T-Mobile Want Stronger Rules For Spectrum Auction
• 11th Circ. Wont Merge Sanction Appeals In Tribe's RICO Suit
• BNSF Wants Tribe's Crude Oil Haul Suit Taken Out Of Court
• Calif. Tribe Again Asks Judge To Stop $1B Solar Project
• Enviros, Tribe Say Army Corps' River Dredging Flouted Law
• FERC Won't Hold More Hearings On $5B Natural Gas Pipeline
• Ala. Senate Panel OKs Bill For Lottery, Tribal Gaming
• Call For Participants: Law360's Native American Editorial Board
• Redskins' Owner Rejects Bid To Nix Evidence In TM Dispute
• Urban Outfitters Can't Duck Trademark Claims, Navajos Say
• Payday Loan Cos. Pay $2.2M To End Michigan AG Action
• Navajo Chief Justice Will Resign After Tribe's Removal Bid
• Lewis Tein Says Exit Of Tribe's Atty Shouldn't Affect Sanctions
• Gaming Co. Denied Fair Shake Before $5M Fine, 8th Circ. Told
• Tribal Leaders Continue Campaign Against NLRB Jurisdiction
• Navajos Appoint Kanji & Katzen Alum To Be Attorney General
• Maine Panel Votes Against Tribal, State Eel Fisheries Deal
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Chippewa Cree Payday Lender Officers Hit With Suit
• US Urges Justices To Pass On Dollar General Sex Assault Suit
• Senate Panel OKs Bill To Take NM Tribal Land Into Trust
• Calif. Tribe Immune In $23M Unemployment Row
• SD Telecom Co. Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Utility Regulations
• Tribes Sue Tenn. AG Over State Recognition
• Petronas' $1B LNG Deal Rejected By Canadian First Nation
• Dickinson Wright Says Casino Malpractice Suit Can't Stand
• Wyo. Tribe Says Reservation Boundaries Already Settled
• NM High Court Says County Must Defend Tribal Officer
• Wash. High Court Mulls State's Gas Tax Refunds To Tribes
• Sen. Wants To Return Alaskan Village To Rural Designation
• Tribal Group Urges Halt To New Mexico Fracking
• Alaska, Native Corp. Ask High Court To Rein In Park Service
• Robins Kaplan Unveils Native American Law Practice
• Proposed Calif. Tribe Takes Step Toward Federal Recognition
• Calif. Tribes Near Loss In Bid To Halt $1.1B Solar Project
• Cherokee Suit Against Takeda Transferred To Actos MDL
• Saginaw Chippewa Could Have Anti-NLRB Recipe For 6th Circ.
• Indiana Gov. OKs Gaming Reform Bills
• Insurer Can't Ship Tribal Housing Claims To Arbitration
• DOI Gives Shell A Passing Grade On Alaska Drilling Plan
• Wash. Tribe Says Co. Impeding Shellfish Harvest Rights
• Interior Panel Nixes BIA Extension Of Tribal Oil, Gas Lease
• Wash. Gov. Signs Law To Allow Tribal-State Marijuana Pacts
• Tribe Slams Urban Outfitters' 'Generic' Trademark Claims
• State Dept.'s Pipeline Nod Is Unreviewable, Enbridge Says
• 7 Key Moments To Preserve Objections At Jury Trials
• Fla. Lawmakers Leave Gambling Expansion In Limbo
• 8th Circ. Says Tribe May Not Owe $10M In Back Casino Rent
• BIA Revamps Gas Development Regs For Osage Nation Land
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Tribe's Bid For $17M Federal Funding
• Fla. Miccosukee Tribe In Legal Tangles Fires General Counsel
• Sprint Wants Tribe-Owned Telecom's Counterclaims Tossed
• US Attempting Arctic Climate And Energy Balancing Act
• Okla. Tribal Biz Off The Hook In $3M Gov't Contract Row
• Tribe-Backed Wind Farm Hits Snag Over GSA Enviro Review
• Group Urges Rural, Tribal Protections In Phone Transition
• Mont. Tribe Official Gets 6 Months For Embezzlement
• Mont. Town Accuses Tribal Officials Of Threats In Water Row
• Navajo Atty Protected By FTCA In Accident Suit: 11th Circ.
• Navajo Panel OKs Bill Calling For Chief Justice's Removal
• Conn. House Passes Payday Loan Bill Amid Feud With Tribe
• Utah State Police Seek To Join Tribal Shooting Case Row
• NIGC Upholds Illegal-Gaming Ruling Against Apache Tribe
• Freedmen Descendants Push For Class Cert. In DOI Land Row
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Selling Fake Native American Jewelry
• Nevada Tribe Wants More Input On Newmont Gold Mine
• SD Seeks To Restrict Access, Use Of Tribal Custody Files
• Utes Object To Town's Dismissal Order In Jurisdiction Row
• Tribes, SD County Adopt Policing Deal For Sacred Land
• State-Tribal Collaboration Bill Passes Texas House
• Texas Tribe Delivers Sweepstakes Plans After Contempt Order
• Lawmakers Float Bill To Protect Native American Languages
• Idaho Instant Horse Racing Fight Could Soon Spill Into Courts
• Tribe Changes Name, Ends DOI Review In Secretarial Election
• 4th Circ. Nixes Army Translation Subcontractor's $25M Suit
• Ala. Lawmaker Floats Lottery, Tribal Gaming Bill
• Calif. Assembly Passes Ban On 'Redskins' As Mascot Name
• Tribes, Enviros Urge Stronger Review Of Shell's Arctic Plan
• DC Court Will Let Native Class Speak On USDA Settlement
• DOI Royalty Rule Clears Up Tribal Oil Pricing
• Wash. Tribe Is Immune From Lake Ownership Suit, Judge Says
• SD Urges Dismissal Of Tribal Tax Row Over Casino Customers
• Four Tax Reform Issues Indian Country Is Watching
• Wash. Tribe Pushes To Resume Fishing In Disputed Waters
• Enviros, Tribe Question $5B Pipeline Before FERC
• Okla. Court Decries BIA Guidelines In Child Custody Hearings
• Wash. Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Rehear Gaming Compact Row
• Petronas JV Offers $1B To First Nations Tribe For Land Use
• SD County Can't Shake Tribe's Voter Discrimination Suit
• Tribe Cites Sovereignty In NLRB Row Over Ex-Casino Worker
• US To Pay $13.2M To Evaluate 16 Mines On Navajo Land
• Seminoles Seek Card Game Talks With Fla. Gov., Lawmakers
• Idaho Gov. Missed Deadline On Instant Racing Bill: Tribe
• Wyo. City's Fears Of Tribal Jurisdiction Misplaced, Profs Say
• Tribal Leader Decries NIGC Inaction In Online Bingo Row
• Insurers' Benefit Feud Should Stay In Tribal Court, Judge Says
• Tribe's Suit Over Control Fight Lacks Evidence, Court Told
• BIA Must Recompute In Navajo-Hopi Land Use Pay Dispute
• DOI Report Backs Navajo Mine Expansion Plan
• HEARTH Act Worth The Hassle For Native American Tribes