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Native American - May, 2016

159 articles

• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Tribe Says IGRA Governs Proposed Martha's Vineyard Casino
• Mass. Residents Urge Judge To Block Tribal Casino Project
• Indian Health Service, ND Tribe Reach Self-Governance Deal
• Tribe's Gaming Ban Upheld, But Court Pre-Approval Abolished
• Calif. Tribe Says Its Online Bingo Site Is Legal
• Calif., Tribe Slam Each Other's High Court Bids In Gaming Row
• High Court Declines To Hear Seneca Casino Land Dispute
• Solenex Doesn't Want Enviro, Tribal Groups In Drilling Row
• Former Miccosukee Attys Reject Ex-GC's Claims Of Collusion
• Washington State, Tribes Reach Salmon Fisheries Agreement
• Tribal Telecom Co. Makes Post-Trial Push For Sprint Fees
• US Tribes Down But Not Out Of Canadian Pipeline Fight
• Navajo Official Urges FCC To Give Wireless Co. A Boost
• Dickinson Wright Slams Malpractice Claims In Casino Row
• Sens. Say DOI Must Weigh Coal Leasing's Climate Risks
• New Tribal Constitution Moots Election Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• DOI Says French Sale Of Tribal Objects Very 'Troubling'
• Okla. Tribe Wins Halt To Construction Over Threat To Graves
• Navajos Beat One Of Urban Outfitters' Defenses In TM Row
• Calif. City Says Tribe Waived Immunity To $1.9M Attys' Fees
• BLM Can't Regulate Our Land, Ute Tribe Tells 10th Circ.
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• Seminoles Insist Wells Fargo Trust Suit Not Securities Case
• House Funding Bill Would Undercut Tribal Recognition Rule
• 3 More Tribes Join DOI Land Buyback Program
• NLRB Tells Justices It Has Authority Over Tribal Casinos
• 3 States Ask 10th Circ. Not To Unblock BLM Fracking Rule
• Utes Again Urge 10th Circ. To Halt Utah Arrests On Reservation
• NJ AG Asks Judge To Toss Tribal Recognition Suit
• Feds Slam Class Reps' $8.2M Cost Bid In Cobell Settlement
• Money Centers Trustee Chases $2.4M In Casino Payments
• Osage Can Will Headright To Non-Member, DOI Panel Says
• Seminoles Says Fla. Misstated 11th Circ. Ruling In Tax Row
• CMS Demands Indian Health Service Fix SD Hospital Issues
• Tribe Defends Arbitral Award In $27M OK Alcohol-Tax Fight
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Judge Won't Nix Bail Over $60M Tribal Bond Fraud Charges
• Wis. Law Doesn't Allow Tribe To Grow Hemp, Judge Rules
• New Mexico Sues EPA Over Gold King Spill Response
• Tribal Builder Immune From CERCLA Claims, Judge Says
• Bison Range Allies Sue FWS To Block Transfer To Tribes
• Mich. Tribe Says State Defenses In Boundary Row Irrelevant
• Okla. Tribal Casinos May Be Closed For Violations, NIGC Says
• Mich. Tribe Sues State Over Taxes, Tobacco Raids
• Gaming Tribes Fear Big OT Rule Impact With Little Say
• RICO Claims, Others Survive In Vt. Tribal Payday Lending Suit
• Northern Arapaho To Mediate With Feds In Shoshone Dispute
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Ariz. Tribal Gaming Compact Row
• Tribe Entitled To Trust Funds Transferred By Ex-Official
• Insurer Gets Tribe's ERISA Claims Tossed In Payment Row
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Fla. Tribe Pays $4M For Fraud Suits Against Ex-Attys, Leaders
• Navajo Leaders Urge FCC To Help Rural Telecom In Auction
• Arapahos Say DOI Must OK Tribal Court Contract
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• Oil Co., Worker Insist Montana Spill Was No Crime
• Utah Officers Tell 10th Circ. Tribal Court Lacks Authority
• Navajo Can Seek Per-Product Damages In TM Suit, Judge Says
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Sens. Float Bill To Make EPA Answer For Gold King Spill
• Tribe Says Union Can't Arbitrate Dispute Over Firings
• Cherokee Nation Council Approves Trust Land Application
• Native Hawaiian Gov't Vote Could Still Happen, Opponents Say
• $38M Payout Fast-Tracked In Landmark Native Farmers Case
• Urban Outfitters Can't Limit Navajo Damage Claims
• Rancher Targets Tribe After Suing Feds For Road Work
• DOI Charts Upcoming Years Of Tribal Land Program
• Tribe's Cops Are Fed Officers, Judge Rules In Assault Case
• Wash. City Rescinds Opposition To Tribe's Planned Casino
• Native Groups Urge High Court To Hear Solar Plant Site Row
• Tribal Fraud Suspect In Jail After Drunkenly Texting Threats
• Wells Fargo Continues Push To Toss Seminole Tribe's Experts
• Arapahos Say Gov't Can't Dodge Its Duty In Shoshone Row
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Judge Nixes Tribe's Bias Claim In Casino Sewer Row
• Calif. Tribe Says U.S. Discouraging Health Spending
• Ex-Tribal Council Member Gets 6 Months For Embezzlement
• Tribe Can't Block Work On Wind Farm In Preservation Suit
• Calif. Casino Vendor's Federal Suit Against Tribe Is Moved
• BIA, Osage Drillers Tilt Over Futility Of Agency Appeals
• Tribe Says State Court Can't Hear Casino Injury Suit
• NIGC Vice Chair Sees Agency As Bridge Beyond Obama
• Oil Co. Says DOI Pipeline Ruling Led To 'Absurd' Demand
• Seminoles Say Politico Let Gambling Data Out Of The Bag
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Polluter Says Tribes Ineligible To Recover Fees From Suit
• Urban Outfitters Beats Navajo Nation's TM Dilution Claims
• Wis. Residents Can't Fight Native Land Transfer
• Wash. Coal Terminal Defeat Puts Tribes In Driver's Seat
• Gov't Says Top Court Case Backs Law Killing Tribe Casino Suit
• EPA Finalizes Rule Giving Tribes Clean Water Act Authority
• Georgia Group Fails Federal Test For Tribal Recognition
• Alaskan Native Corp. Reclaims $3.6M Lost In Phishing Scam
• Seminoles Say Fla. Wrongly Released Info In Compact Row
• DOI Looks To Trim Challenge To Mass. Tribal Land Decision
• BCBS Mich. Seeks Partial Redo In Tribe's ERISA Suit
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• Repeat Fraudsters Charged Over $60M Tribal Bond Scheme
• Senate Panel OKs Bill To Create New Indian Education Agency
• Montana, Crows Urge Justices To Reject Water Deal Challenge
• Enviro, Tribal Groups Ask To Intervene In Drilling Case
• DOI Says Justices' Iran Ruling Backs Law Shielding Casino
• Fla. Tribe Ends Appeal Of Order To Pay $1M In Sanctions
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• 3 Tips For Assuring Success Of Tribal-Run Federal Programs
• Fla. Opposes Seminoles' High Court Petition In Tax Row
• Montana Group Asks High Court To Review Crow Water Deal
• Osage Members Take Trust Records Ruling To 10th Circ.
• 3 Tips For Tribes Taking Charge Of Federal Programs
• Calif. Signs New Gambling Compact With Pala Band Tribe
• Tribal Rights Block Coal Terminal Permit, Army Corps Says
• County's Tribal Casino Challenge Lacking, Judge Says
• Feds Blast Tribal Claim To Holy Site At Solar Power Plant
• Tribe Can't Dodge Discovery In Railway Suit, Judge Rules
• Feds Say Osage Drillers' 'Vague' Lawsuit Should Be Tossed
• Two Tribes Leave Arizona Gaming Group Over Casino Row
• Oil Firms Press 9th Circ. To Rethink Polar Bear Habitat
• EPA Unlikely To Shed Gold King Stigma Anytime Soon
• Casino Approval Ballot Question Goes To Fla. Supreme Court
• Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Rob Roy Smith
• Wash. State, Tribes Say River Cleanup Fees Ruling Is Right
• Feds Accuse NM City Of Trespassing On Tribe's Lands
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• EPA Region 9 Spearheads Climate Fight, Outgoing Chief Says
• Fla. Tribe Pushes To Remand $1.4B Wells Fargo Trust Suit
• Oil Co. Wins Limited Right Of Way On Navajo Land
• Nebraska Settles Suit Against Payday Lender For $1M
• Tribe Lacks Immunity From Age Bias Claim, 11th Circ. Told
• Alaska Natives, Feds Settle On Fees In Drilling Permit Row
• Rising Star: Foster Pepper's Lauren King
• Okla. Asks Judge To Toss Arbitrator's $27M Tax Ruling
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Energy Co. Says It Had Consent For Pipeline On Tribal Land
• Irked Judge Wants 97-Page Tribal Graves Complaint Cut Back
• Rising Star: Dentons' Matthew Adams
• FCC Asked To Streamline Tower Construction On Tribal Lands
• Calif. County, Tribe Push Back Mediation Of Lease Tax Row
• Feds Pooh-Pooh Osage Lawyers' 2nd Bid For Costs, Fees
• Feds Eye Future Of Tribal Land Buyback Program
• NIGC Names Recently Appointed Commissioner As Vice Chair
• Sens. Call For DOJ Probe Into EPA Fault In Gold King Spill
• BLM Fracking Rule Foes Say Court Should Ignore New Study
• Tribes Need More Than Just The Sovereign Immunity Defense
• Enviros Fight Drilling Leases In NM National Forest
• Bank, Trust Agree To Cut Some Fraud Counts Over $8.9M Loan
• Feds, SD Tribe Aim To Settle Mortgage Foreclosure Suit
• Dallas Jury Awards $10.9M To Bus Crash Victims' Families
• Feds OK With Some Discovery In Arapaho-Shoshone Row
• High Court Won't Hear Native Prisoner Hair Length Dispute
• Tribe Looking For Special Health Cost Treatment, Feds Say
• Conn. Officials Urge Dismissal Of Tribe's Gaming Law Suit
• Feds, Calif. Seek Quick Win In Tribal Online Bingo Row
• Tribes Still Pushing For Inroads On Fed. Agency Contracts