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Native American - March, 2016

192 articles

• Urban Outfitters' Delay Defense Nixed In Navajo TM Suit
• Calif. Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Hear Officer Prosecution Row
• Ariz. Suit Over Tribal Casino Survives Despite 9th Circ. Loss
• NY Tribe Urges High Court To Hear Land Claims
• Wyoming Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Back Local Tribe
• Judge Tosses Navajo's $16M Judicial Funding Suit
• Mont. Courts Lack Power In Tribal Water Row, High Court Told
• NASCAR's Derek White Charged In Tobacco Smuggling Bust
• Shifting The Law Firm Business Development Paradigm
• Tribe-Owned Co. Wants Bid To Nix Cleanup Suit Reviewed
• Feds Seek $48M From Tribe In Racer Payday Scheme Suit
• Feds Fight Tribe Member Bid To Enter Arapaho-Shoshone Row
• Foundations Can't Step Into $3.4B Cobell Suit, Judge Says
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Ute Tribe Scores Win In Non-Tribal Biz Regulation Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Tribal Sovereign Immunity Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Won't Force USPTO On 'Slants' Trademark
• 9th Circ. Backs Ariz. Tribe On Gaming Compact, Fraud Claims
• Enviros Push Obama To Halt Offshore Drilling Forever
• Mission Creek Suit Seeks To Reclaim Land, Federal Status
• SD Judge Lifts Industrial Hemp Ban On Tribe Member
• Fla., Seminoles Get More Time To Develop Blackjack Strategy
• Tribal Landowners Urge Judge To Keep Pipeline Claims Apart
• NY, Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Square Off In Cigarette Tax Row
• Tribe's Lease Tax Row With Calif. County Sent To Mediation
• Dickinson Wright Gave Bad Advice On Casino, 7th Circ. Told
• BNSF Says Tribe Can't Derail Discovery In Oil Shipping Row
• City Says Tribe's Race Bias Claims In Casino Sewer Row Fail
• Disbarred Attys Sue Nooksack Officials In Tribal Court
• BIA Says No Extra Comment Time In Tribal Recognition Row
• Feds Win Dismissal Of Suit Over Sioux Reservation Crash
• High Court Rebuffs Unrecognized Tribe's Calif. Land Claims
• High Court Axes Alaska Forest Road, Logging Ban Review
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• NLRB Could Undercut Calif. Tribal Gaming Pacts, Justices Told
• EPA, Others Work To Limit Gold King Mine Spill Impact
• Navajos Rebuked For Tactics In Urban Outfitters Discovery
• Feds Say High Court Should Skip Tribal Water Rights Case
• FCC Lifeline Proposals Get Mixed Feedback As Vote Nears
• Miner Says Tribe Can't Join In Idaho Wilderness Mining Row
• DOI Kicks Off Federal Coal Program Review
• Tribal Heath Co. Blasts Sanction Bid In Retaliation Row
• Putting Teeth Back Into The Buy Indian Act
• Urban Outfitters Wants Insurer Out Of Tribal Trademark Case
• Tribe Member Denies Luring Nevadans Into Invalid Leases
• Tribe Sues Calif. Gov. To Foil Rival's Casino Ambitions
• Iowa Tribe Says It Wasn't Consulted On Bakken Pipeline
• 9th Circ. Nixes Fired Worker's Bias Suit Despite Judge's Error
• Tribe Says BNSF Doesn't Need Pause In Oil Shipping Suit
• DOI Panel Says BIA Must Weigh Okla. Tribal Land Partition
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• 11th Circ. Says Feds Immune From Tribal Members' Tax Suit
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Wyo. Tribe Says High Court Ruling Backs Border Argument
• Tribe Immune From Judgment Collection Bid, 9th Circ. Says
• Neb. Tribe's High Court Win Doesn't Clinch Tax Power
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• Justices Told 9th Circ. 'Indian' Definition Is Constitutional
• Indiana Tribe Reaches Pacts For South Bend Casino Project
• USPTO Says It's Not Ignoring Ruling On 'Disparaging' TMs
• Calif. County Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Tribal Officer Row
• Tribal Judiciary Rebukes Nooksack Council In Disbarment Fight
• Navajo Groups' EPA Rule Suit Booted From District Court
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Native Massacre Reparations Ruling
• Sparring Wyo. Tribes Stand United On Border Challenge
• NM Pueblos Win Final Approval For Water Deal
• BLM, Enviros Push 10th Circ. To Reinstate Fracking Rule
• High Court Upends Alaska Hovercraft Ban
• High Court Backs Tribe In Dispute Over Reservation Size
• Ex-Gov. Can Weigh In On Slots Case, Fla. Justices Say
• Shoshone Leaders Say Arapaho Suit Threatens BIA Contracts
• Justice Groups Caution High Court On Tribal Convictions
• Cobell Class Member Search Nearing End, Beneficiaries Say
• Calif. Tribe Wants In On Other Tribe's Gaming Compact Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Utah Counties' Tribal Boundaries Row
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• BNSF Wants To Postpone Tribe's Bid In Right-Of-Way Suit
• New IHS Rule Will Let Tribes Pay Docs Medicare-Like Rates
• Calif. Tells Justices It Doesn't Owe Tribe In Gaming Pact Row
• Colorado, Utes Ally Against NLRB Regulation Of Tribal Casinos
• Sen. Bill Aims To Boost Tribal Dam Maintenance, Flood Safety
• 'Redskins' Marks Rightfully Tossed, DOJ Tells 4th Circ.
• Ore. Tribe Slams DOI Land Buy In Casino Row At DC Circ. 
• Tribal Hotel Subcontractor Wants Arbitration Award Upheld
• Calif. County Loses Challenge To Tribal Casino
• House Panel OKs Native American Land, Budgeting Bills
• Okla. Says Approval Of Tribe's Online Gambling Award OK
• Fracking Rule Favors Enviro Concerns Over Tribal Businesses
• DOI Cancels Solenex Drilling Lease After 33-Year Dispute
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• In Slants Case, Is USPTO 'Ignoring' The Federal Circuit?
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Gov't Seeks Quick Win In Calif. Tribe's Health Costs Suit
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• NIGC Fills Up With Appointment Of New Commissioner
• Wyo. Energy Group Denied Voice In BLM Fracking Rule Row
• Arapaho-Shoshone Row Threatens Tribal Cases, Members Say
• Tribal Casino Prep Needn't Be Halted, DC Circ. Hears
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Court Nominee, Guns, And Constitutional Illiteracy
• HUD Entitled To Recoup $19.5M From Tribes, 10th Circ. Told
• Gaming Co. Asks 8th Circ. To Rehear Ruling On $5M Fine
• SC Rep. Floats Bill To Shield States, Tribes From CFPB
• Energy Co. Action Over Pipeline Illegal, Tribal Landowners Say
• Navajo, DOI Granted Stay In Suit Over $16M Funding Shortfall
• Fed. Circ. Orders USPTO To Explain 'Disparaging' TM Delay
• Tribal Rights-Of-Way Rule Stayed After Energy Group Objects
• Class Seeks To Lay Claim To Leftover $380M In USDA Deal
• 9th Circ. Rejects Alaska's Bid For Title On Native Land
• Nooksack Ex-Official Demands Docs On Atty's Disbarment
• Bridge Project By SD Lake Exempt From CWA, Corps Says
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Supreme Court Asked To Affirm Tribal Convictions Ruling
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• DOI Can't Move Tribal Gaming Compact Dispute To Wis.
• Tribe Members' Bid To Alter Trust Records Order Denied
• Rosebud Sioux, South Dakota Extend Gaming Compact
• Victim's Tribal Status Key To Fed Prosecution: 9th Circ.
• Fantasy Sports Could Play Spoiler In Tribal Gambling
• Fla. High Court Rejects Graham Bid For Gaming Argument
• BIA Reveals Final Enviro Review For Nev. Tribe's Solar Project
• 10th Circ. Won't Stall Appeal In BLM Fracking Rule Dispute
• Swinomish Say BNSF Right-Of-Way Case Not Preempted
• Gamblers Say Tribe Members Not Immune To Foxwoods Suit
• Gaming Co. Wants Contract Dispute Out Of Tribal Court
• Arch Coal Steps Back From Montana Coal Project
• BIA Accused Of Creating 'Imposter' Calif. Tribe
• Local Groups Can Enter Mich. Tribal Border Row, Judge Says
• Trial In Seminoles' Blackjack Fight Could Be Delayed
• Tribe Disbarred Firm As Move In Membership Row, Atty Says
• USPTO Wants High Court Extension In 'Disparaging' TM Case
• NJ Never Formally Recognized Tribe, Judge Rules
• Ex-Tribal Lending CEOs Sentenced For Bribery, Embezzlement
• Docs Ruled Protected In Skywalk Developer's Defamation Suit
• Conn. Justices Say Tribal Limo Driver Can't Be Sued For Crash
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• Calif. Gets Stay In $36.2M Gaming Row To Mull Appeal
• Enviros Say Appeal In Fracking Fight Shouldn't Be Stalled
• Navajo Trespass Claims Joined With Condemnation Case
• Pueblo Wants To Delay Defeat In Gambling Row, NM Says
• Conn. Tribe Says State Casino Law Protects Rivals' Monopoly
• Local Taxes On Tribal Leases May Be Vulnerable In Calif.
• Congress Wrongly Meddled In Casino Row, DC Circ. Told
• Slants Want Answers From USPTO After Trademark Win
• Making Agencies Revisit Regs Saved $28B, White House Says
• NM Lawmakers Urge EPA To Address Colo. Mine Spill Impact
• Native Group Says Tribe Misrepresented Status In Land Row
• Fla. Lawmakers Unlikely To Act On $3B Tribal Gambling Deal
• US, Ariz. DOTs Ask Court To Reject Highway Plan Challenge
• Arapaho Look To Block Shoshone Control Of Joint Programs
• Utes Say Fracking Rule Wrongly Lumps Tribal, Fed. Lands
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• DOI Says It Is Entitled To Change Its Mind About Oil Lease
• Feds Charge 5 In Alaska With Violating Native Art Law
• Tribe Blasts Calif. Request To Stay $36M Gaming Judgment
• Wash. County Seeks Emergency Halt To Tribal Casino Prep
• J&J Fights To Keep Cherokee Risperdal Suit In Federal Court
• Tribe Accused Of Playing 'Race Card' In Casino Sewer Row
• Seminoles Seek Clean Sweep From Justices In Fla. Tax Battle
• DC Circ. Warm To DOI In Alaska Land Trust Fight
• Senator Seeks To Ease Trust Taking For Reservation Land
• Urban Outfitters' Insurer Wants Say In Navajo TM Suit
• Native Farmer Can't Appeal USDA Loan Discrimination Suit
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• SD Tribe Must Face Gov't Mortgage Foreclosure Suit
• Tribe Member Knew Of Flaws In Trust Land Leases, Court Told
• BIA Can Nix Job After Sole Bid Missed Mark, GAO Says
• Tribal Insurer Drops Appeal Of Refusal To Force Arbitration
• Utah County Gets Ute Man's Civil Rights Claim Tossed
• Wells Fargo Seeks Dismissal Of Tribe's $100M Fraud Suit
• Kan., 2 Tribes Hammer Out Cigarette-Tax Compacts
• Cherokee Member Named Head Of Indian Health Service
• BIA Rule Would Ease Tribal Land-Into-Trust Bids
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Vote On Native Hawaiian Constitution Likely, Opponents Say
• DOI Secretary Defends 2017 Budget Proposal
• Tribe-Owned Co. Loses Bid To Nix Uranium Cleanup Suit
• Borrowers Ask Out Of Payday Lending Suit After Talks End
• New $3B Fla. Gambling Compact Stalls In State Senate
• Colo. Gov. Seeks Superfund Designation For EPA Spill Site
• Ex-Tribal Health Employees Seek Sanctions In Retaliation Row
• Obama Signs Bill Letting Okla. Tribe Lease, Sell Certain Lands
• 4th Circ. Refuses To Rethink Payday Loan Arbitration Ruling
• FedEx Says Merging Tribal Cig Tax Suits Will Slow Them Down