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Native American - February, 2021

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• Alaska Judge Keeps Ruling On Newtok Village Leadership
• FCC Approves $3.2B Emergency Broadband Program
• No Martha's Vineyard Casino Without Permits, 1st Circ. Says
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• 8 Questions For FERC Commissioner Mark Christie
• Spokane Tribe Says Dams Block Fish And Destroy Culture
• Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Block Report On IHS Doctor Abuse
• Mich. Gov.'s Bid To Stop Pipeline Won't Change Enviro Review
• DOT Secretary Buttigieg Builds Buzz For Biden's Transpo Plan
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Senate Confirms Granholm For Energy Secretary
• As McKinsey Is Dragged Into MDL, Fresh Atty Tensions Arise
• Haaland's DOI Chances Get Lift With Manchin Nod
• Judge Recommends To Drop Suit Over Slawson Drilling Sites
• Kathy Griffin Laughs Off Twitter 'Doxing' Suit At 6th Circ.
• Appeals Court Sides With Showtime In Cayuga 'Billions' Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Pelosi Addresses Native American Policy Changes With NCAI
• Pelosi, Fauci Discuss COVID-19 Inequalities At NCAI Event
• 4 Tribes Urge Court To Keep Suit Over Gambling Compacts
• DOI Pick Haaland Assures Fossil Fuels Still Needed For Now
• Former DOJ Enviro Atty Returning To Hicks Thomas
• Alaska Native Corps. Make COVID-19 Relief Case To Justices
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• 3 Developments As America's Virus Death Toll Hits 500,000
• Walmart Says DOJ's 'Sensationalist' Opioid Suit Rings Hollow
• NCAI President Says Biden Must Prioritize Tribal Sovereignty
• Tribe Members' Ore. Highway Suit Too Late, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Backs NY's $255M Award Against Seneca Nation
• NY AG Opioid Trial Gets March Start After COVID-19 Delays
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• DC Circ. Holds Off On Clean Power Plan Rescission
• Cherokee Cos. May Be Immune To ND's Workers' Comp Suit
• White House Loses Bid To Delay NEPA Rule Challenge
• Tribe Fears FCC Funding Will Preclude Spectrum Project
• DOI Drops Trump-Era Appeal In Mashpee Casino Land Row
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• NM Tort Claims Against Feds Survive In Gold King Spill Suit
• Feds Say Former Mashpee Chair Can't Cut Extortion Counts
• 8th Circ. Mulls Tribe Members' Options In Pipeline Fight
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Genetic Engineering And The Endangered Species Act
• Metlakatla Tribe's Bid To Restore Fishing Rights Dismissed
• White House Withdraws Trump-Era GHG Draft Guidance
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Okla. Tribes Say Gambling Deal Suit Should Be Tossed
• NY Beats Long Island Tribe Members In Fishing Rights Suit
• DOJ Tells Justices It Has New View Of Ariz. Voting Rights Case
• FCC Split Over Who Gets Emergency Broadband Funds First
• 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days
• McKesson Whistleblowers' Opioid FCA Suit Sunk By Escobar
• States, Tribes Win Bid To Pause Nat'l Archives Building Sale
• McKinsey's Opioid Woes Far From Over Despite $600M Deals
• Ariz. Judge Won't Block Land Swap For Copper Mine
• Culturally Significant Ore. Harbor Hits New Superfund Phase
• EPA Can't Dodge Minn. Tribe's Copper Mine Suit, Judge Says
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• EPA Abandons Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
• ConocoPhillips $2B Alaska Plan Halted For 9th Circ. Review
• Va. Consumers Seek Class Cert. In Payday Lending Suit
• Navajo Woman, 25, Is Youngest Member Of Ariz. House
• FCC Seeks To Spread Word Of Emergency Broadband Benefit
• Fight Over Tribal Nation's Election Faces Skeptical DC Circ.
• Tribe Urges 8th Circ. To Nix Non-Native Contract Work Tax
• Shell Oil Pays $191K EPA Fine After Puget Sound Incident
• Keystone XL Could Tarnish US' Perfect Arbitration Record
• Copper Mine Would Crater Sacred Site, Native Groups Say
• Tribe Members' $59M Deal In Trust Fund Row Gets Initial OK
• Multiple AGs Urge Biden To Undo Keystone XL Permit Scrap
• 9th Circ. Affirms Vacatur Of Wash. Aquaculture Permit
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• DOI Urges DC Circ. To Reject Yocha Dehe's Bid To Pause Suit
• The Power Of A National Climate Emergency Declaration
• Teva 'Not Optimistic' About Sealing $23B Opioid Deal Soon
• EPA Agrees To Halt Water Rule Suit Pending Biden Review
• Tribes Insist On Hand In Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Mediation
• Conn. Gov.'s Budget Calls For Legal Pot, No Tax Increases
• Native American Prof. Hits NY College With Discrimination Suit
• Cos. Should Keep A Close Watch On SIGPR Enforcement
• Alaska Business Org. Asks To Fight Arctic Refuge Drilling Suit
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• High Court Likely Next For Climate Suit As 9th Circ. Passes
• Minn. Backs Tribe's Quick Win Bid In Police Jurisdiction Suit
• Navy Notice Error Won't Sink $22M Logistics Deal, GAO Says
• Con Man Can't Get Redo In $43M Tribal Bond Conviction
• Calif. Tribe Can't Nix Suit Over Casino Reopening Amid Virus
• Biden Admin. Won't Override Oregon LNG Project Rejection
• $1B Clean Power Project Benefits 'Illusory,' 1st Circ. Told
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Biden's EPA Pick Cruises To Full Senate Vote
• 2nd Circ. Says Cig. Law Appeal 'Fails The Rational Bias Test'
• NTIA Wants Tribal Input On $1B Broadband Grant Program
• Judge Won't Block $2.9B Enbridge Pipeline Project In Minn.
• Army Corps Permits From Trump Admin. Illegal, Enviros Say
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Calif. Tribe Says State Can't Dodge Fuel Tax Challenge
• 37 Senators Urge FCC To Help Students Get Internet At Home
• Interior Brings On More Experts In Native American Law
• Ex-Mass. Tribal Chair Wants To Cut Counts In Bribery Case
• Prep For Enviro Scrutiny As Trump Policies Are Rolled Back
• DOJ Yanks Trump-Era Environmental Enforcement Memos
• Judges On Race
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• New EPA Picks Show Commitment To Environmental Justice
• Cherokee Co., Workers Can't Duck Poaching Suit, IT Firm Says
• Electric Co-Ops Push FCC To Vet Subsidy Auction Winners
• Dem Bill Pushes Biden To Declare Climate Change Emergency
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• McKinsey To Pay $573M To Settle Opioid Marketing Claims
• Okla. Justices Leave Tribe, State Tax Powers Unsettled
• Minn. Appeals Court Allows Work On $2.9B Enbridge Project
• Sierra Club Asks 1st Circ. To Stop $1B Maine Power Project
• Hagens Berman, Pomerantz Vie To Lead Pebble Mine Suit
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• High Court Cancels Border Wall, Remain In Mexico Hearings
• Minn. Tribe, County Debate McGirt's Sway In Reservation Row
• 4 Nonclimate Issues The EPA Will Face In The Biden Years
• Minn. Pipeline Row Distinct From Dakota Access, Corps Says
• Kids Say Biden Orders Support Climate Case Against Gov't
• Green Groups Fail To Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Project
• SF And 5 Other Schools Tapped For Juul Bellwethers
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Consulting Co. McKinsey Sued For Promoting OxyContin
• MGM Says DOI Can't Escape Suit Over $300M Casino Plan
• Debt Cos. Hit With Class Action Over Tribal Loans
• Con Man's New Trial Bid Looks Doomed In 2nd Circ.
• Biden Asks Justices To Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Args
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Pueblo Of Acoma Wins TRO Blocking Hospital Closure