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Native American - July, 2016

159 articles

• Cherokee Nation Says Ex-Foundation Exec Embezzled Funds
• Calif. Court Says Tribe Waived Immunity In Construction Deals
• Mining Co. Says It Owes NM Nothing For Gold King Disaster
• Fla. Appeals Court Says Tribe Was Immune Between Compacts
• DC Circ. Says New Tribe Has Land Rights For Casino
• 4 Issues Tribal Advocates Want The Supreme Court To Avoid
• Indian Appeals Board Backs Trust Land For Calif. Tribe
• The Newest Threat To Tribal Sovereign Immunity: Recoupment
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Mass. Casino Opponents Come Up Winner In Trust Land Fight
• Airborne Pollution Claims Have Wings Clipped By 9th Circ.
• NY Defends Doc Bid In Cigarette Tax Case Against FedEx
• BLM Moves Drilling Permit Reviews Online
• High Court Asked To Fix Split Over Tribal Immunity In Tort Suit
• Ex-Ute Tribe Worker Says US Court Can't Hear Contract Row
• Enviros Say Fish Hatchery Review Was Botched
• Sioux Tribe Fights $3.8B Pipeline Through Ancestral Lands
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Group Gets More Time To Get Ark. Casino Bid On Ballot
• Feds Seek Warrant For Stolen, Smuggled Tribal Shield
• Tribes Can't Get Double Win In Child Custody Suit, Court Told
• Casino Grave Dig Suit Can't Rope In San Diego, Judge Told
• ETP Unit Gets Final OK For $3.8B Dakota Access Pipeline
• Mining Co. Teck Beats Cross-Border Pollution Drift Claims
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Fla. Bar Seeks Discipline Against Tribe's Ex-Attys
• Senility Claim, Mormonism Ruled Not Enough To Ditch Judge
• MGM Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Conn. Tribal Casino Law Fight
• Ind. Tribe's Casino, Housing Plans Get Environmental OK
• Conoco Project In Alaska Oil Reserve Heads To Enviro Review
• Ariz. Gaming Chief Loses Bid To Shield Email In Casino Suit
• Feds Say Wash. County Has No Injury In Tribal Land Suit
• Dollar General Upholds Tribal Jurisdiction Status Quo
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• BNSF Insists Key Atty Docs Might Exist In Tribe's Rail Suit
• Feds Ask 9th Circ. To Rethink Navajo's Suit Over Remains
• Mass. Casino Opponents Say Amicus Botched Case Law
• Okla. Tribe Looks To Take Ownership Of Trust Account
• Casino Foes Say 9th Circ. Wrongly Set Aside Enviro Law
• FWS Wants Claims Trimmed In Modified-Salmon Dispute
• Alaskan Tribe Loses Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Tribe Says Wash. Can't Go After It For Landslide Liability
• Redskins Say Trademark Challenge Merits 4th Circ. Skip
• Chickasaw GC Says Simplified Regs Would Stimulate Tribal Biz
• NY Scores Partial Win Over Native-Owned Tobacco Co.
• Okla. Sends $27M Tribe Win In Alcohol Tax Suit To 10th Circ.
• FedEx Fights Shipping Records Bid In Cigarette Tax Case
• Mass. Tribal Casino Foes Fight DOI Over Land-Into-Trust Law
• Tribe Wants Bank Claims Kept Alive In Embezzlement Row
• Feds Weigh In On Calif. County's Tribal Lease Tax Row
• 8th Circ. Says Tribe Members' Wrongful Arrest Suit Too Late
• FCC's Clyburn Touts Work To Connect Tribal Lands
• Ariz. Gaming Chief Tries To Shield Email In Casino Suit
• Wash. Skokomish Sue Area Tribe Over Hunting Grounds
• Ex-Tribal Council Members Indicted In Casino Fraud Ring
• Fla. Asks For End To Seminole Tribe's Utility Tax Complaint
• VA Floats Rule To Help Tribes Support Native Veterans
• Ex-Worker Tells 11th Circ. Tribe Can't Avoid Age Bias Suit
• Tribal Immunity Applies In Tort Suit, High Court Told
• Parents Take Reservation Shooting Suit To Supreme Court
• Enviros' Arctic Oil Lease Challenge Tossed As Moot
• Union Says Tribal Casino Firing Row Belongs In Arbitration
• Accused Bond Fraudster Cops To $20M Stock Swindle
• Indian Gaming Revenue Neared $30B In 2015: NIGC
• CFPB, CashCall Debate 'True Lender' In Payday Loan Row
• Tribe Rips BNSF's Bid For More Discovery In Oil Shipping Suit
• DOI's Arctic Drilling Rule May Squeeze Native Companies
• Wash. Tribe Joins Suit Over FDA's Modified Salmon Approval
• Feds Fight Alaska Tribe's Bid For Immediate Fishing Rights
• Indian Casino's Handbook Illegally Restrictive: NLRB Judge
• Indian Tribe Must Go Through DOI Process Despite Delays
• Tribe, Calif. Push Court Not To Pause Casino Suit
• Full DC Circ. Urged To Weigh Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• NY Fights FedEx's Bid To Trim Cigarette Tax Suit
• 10th Circ. Nixes $3M Gov't Contract Row Against Tribal Co.
• Coal Plant Operator Says It Belongs In Enviros' Mine Suit
• Fed. Circ. Won't Reconsider Tribal Landholders' Lease Suit
• California County's Casino Challenge Is Tossed
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Mass. City Backs DOI Casino Land Decision For Tribe
• Feds, Navajo Nation Extend Uranium Mine Cleanup Deal
• $2M Settles FCC Probe Into Tribal Lifeline Enrollments
• Calif. High Court Nixes One ICWA Rule, Endorses Another
• 5 Tax Policy Developments To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• Okla. Tribe Blasts 'Desperation' Bid To Keep Land Row Alive
• Law Blocking Tribal Casino Fight Constitutional, DC Circ. Says
• Sens. McCain, Barrasso Float Bill To Bolster Tribal Economies
• Oil Co. Enters Plea For 2011 Spill, Urges Quick Sentencing
• DOI Tribal Gaming Procedures An Uneasy Fit With IGRA
• Tribe Gets Fast Review Of Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revisit BIA's Tribal Membership Ruling
• HHS To Extend Discrimination Protections In Grant Update
• Senate Panel OKs Land Bills For Oregon Tribes
• Interior's Trust Authority In Alaska Remains Unresolved
• House GOP Targets Enviro Regs In Interior Funding Bill
• House Set To Block BLM Fracking Rule
• Borrowers Seek Sanctions On Tribal Payday Lender Affiliates
• High Court Asked To Weigh In On Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction
• Firm Wants Nooksack Police Chief Held In Contempt
• Maine Wants New Evidence Added To EPA Tribal Water Row
• Samson Gets Nod For Air Quality Deal With Ute Tribe
• Critics Slam Indian Health Service At House Bill Hearing
• Caltrans, Tribes Told To Work Out Doc Issues In Project Suit
• 10th Circ. Denies Ex-Okla. Tribal Official's Mistrial Bid
• New EPA Advice On Selenium Limits Has Enviros Crying Foul
• Wash. County Says DOI Must Resolve Jurisdiction Row
• CashCall Accuses CFPB Of Overreach In Payday Lending Row
• Enviros Press 10th Circ. To Lift BLM Fracking Rule Stay
• Pension Co. Wants Out Of Tribe's Latest Embezzlement Suit
• Texas Hospital Hits Kickapoo Tribe With $2M ERISA Suit
• States, Industry Say Block On BLM Fracking Rule Should Stay
• Law's Plain Language Nixes Mass. Indian Casino, Judge Told
• 11th Circ. Backs Blocking State Taxes On Ala. Tribal Lands
• DOI Will Let Native Americans Take Plants From Nat'l Parks
• BIA Didn't Have To Step Into Tribal Leadership Row: 9th Circ.
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Nix Taxes For Tribal Gambling Facility
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Dollar General Shows A Path Forward For Tribal Law
• DOI, Mass. Residents Tussle Over Land Trust For Casino
• Calif. Tribe's Hard-Fought Casino Push Faces Another Hurdle
• BLM Flaring Regs Quell Enviros' Methane Pollution Suit
• Tribal Group Hits IHS With $2.5M Suit Over Contract Costs
• Caddo Nation Says Wichita Tribe Can't Dodge NEPA, NHPA Suit
• Coal Co. Loses Alaska Mining Permits In Win For Enviros
• DOI Stiffens Arctic Drilling Environmental Standards
• FedEx Isn't Turning Over Tobacco Shipping Records, NY Says
• Tribe's Ex-GC Presses For Alston & Bird DQ In Sanctions Row
• GOP Senator Pushes For Audit Of Indian Health Service
• Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Fishing Rights Ruling
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Utah Judge Says He Can Oversee Tribe's Row With Ex-Worker
• A Successful Supreme Court Term For Native American Tribes
• EPA Slimed As House Approves Mine Cleanup Bills
• Ute Tribe Tells 10th Circ. Police Row Belongs In Tribal Court
• Security Co. Can't Add Tribal Parent Co. To Suit, Judge Says
• Feds Push To Collect $6.4M From Wash. Tribal Tobacco Co.
• Sen. Floats Bill To Halt Trafficking Of Tribal Objects
• Navajo Knock Down Another Affirmative Defense In TM Row
• Sprint Blasts Tribal Telecom Co.'s Bid To Add Evidence
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Feds' Watershed Plan Would Harm Wildlife, Idaho Tribe Says
• NC Tribe Settles TM Claims Over Anheuser-Busch Store Ads
• Calif. Tribe Says DOI Can't Affirm Rival Tribe's Casino Plans
• Challenge To Tribal Court Convictions Rejected By 8th Circ.
• Tribe's Challenge To Fishing Rights Ruling Mostly Nixed
• What The Growth Of Daily Fantasy Sports Means For Tribes
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• Tribal Telecom Co. Presses For Connection Fees From Sprint
• CFPB Blasts Payday Loan Co.'s Tribal Immunity Defense
• Another Chippewa Cree Man Faces Prison In Bribe Scandal
• Tribal Lender Affiliates Fight Sanctions Bid In RICO Suit
• 4 Tips For Aspiring Attorneys In Native American Law
• Alaska Loses DC Circ. Bid To Block Native Trust Land Actions
• BLM Fracking Decision Is Narrow, But With A Vast Impact
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes