Native American Archive » April, 2022

Native American - April, 2022

146 articles

• Navajo Nation Sues DOI Again Over Judicial System Funds
• 3 Ways EPA, States Are Teaming Up To Tackle Climate Change
• Groups Want 9th Circ. To Give Alaska Land Swap A 2nd Look
• Purdue Tells 2nd Circ. 30 Years Of Precedent Back Ch. 11 Plan
• Ute Tribe Loses 10th Circ. Bid To Overturn Water Theft Ruling
• DOI Had Power To Deny Trust Land To Mich. Tribe, Court Told
• Associates, Look Beyond Money In Assessing Lateral Offers
• DC Judge Lacks Jurisdiction In Tribal Gambling Monopoly Suit
• Okla. Tribe Seeks Relief For Loss Of 2.6M Acres In Illinois
• Interior Announces $95M For Wetland Habitat Conservation
• Feds Push Back On Bid For $1.9M Fees In GMO Salmon Suit
• Feds Rest Tribal Bribe Case After FBI Agent Tells Of Payments
• Preventing Impermissible Client Solicitation After ABA Opinion
• Walgreens Opioid Inaction Preceded Fla. Shutdown, Jury Told
• 'Overheated Hyperbole'? Opioid Atty Gets Fiery In SF Trial
• Trio Of Calif. Suits Fight Federal Logging Project Decisions
• NIGC Launches Campaign For Better Tribal Casino Regulation
• Consumers Reach $500M Deal With Tribal Lending Cos.
• Navajo Nation Presses Sens. Sinema, Kelly To Back FCC Pick
• Interior Expands Offshore Wind Plans To Oregon, Mid-Atlantic
• Mass. Tribal Bribery Witness Doesn't Spell Out Quid Pro Quo
• Purdue Ch. 11 Injunction Extended Pending 2nd Circ. Decision
• High Court Should Reject Okla. Jurisdiction In Indian Country
• Justices Split On Okla. Bid For Indian Criminal Authority
• Lessons On Avoiding E-Discovery Violations And Sanctions
• Gov't Fights Tribe's Sanctions Bid In Lithium Mine Suit
• Wash. Dam Operator Asks Court To Approve Enviro Accord
• Dems Urge ConocoPhillips To Come Clean On Gas Leak
• Court Urged To Reject BLM's Bid To Scrap Gas Lease Fight
• Unions Say Shuttering Wis. Pipeline Would Devastate Region
• Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
• Climate Split Persists Over FERC Pipeline Policy Shift
• 9th Circ. Urged To Let Geothermal Project Move Forward
• Law360's 2022 Native American Editorial Advisory Board
• Black Farmers' Discovery Bid Nixed In Loan Relief Suit
• 6th Circ. Reverses BCBS' Win In Tribal ERISA Health Plan Row
• Hemp Co. Rips 'Duplicative' Bid To End $77M Seizure Suit
• How To Effectively Prepare A Witness For Remote Testimony
• Calif. Tribes Back Non-Native Lessees' Bid To Nix Land Taxes
• New DOI Appointees To Target Infrastructure Law's Goals
• Pipeline Can Stay On Wis. Tribal Land Until 2043, Court Hears
• Up Next At High Court: Prayer And School, Asylum Policy
• Architect Tells Jury Tribal Bribery Case Has 'Fatal Hole'
• Biden Orders Forest Protection To Fight Climate Change
• As Cyber Risks Surge, Remember Attorneys' Ethical Duties
• Bellwether By The Bay: Key Details As SF Opioid Trial Looms
• White Farmers Fight Black Farmers' Bid For Fact Discovery
• Disqualified Endo Judge Defends Facebook Posts On Opioids
• ND Judge Blocks Tribal Court In Smoking Ban Case
• Ahniwake Rose Tapped For NIHB's Top Public Health Role
• EPA Takes First Step Toward New Regs For Gas Power Plants
• Rethinking E-Discovery Readiness Amid Rise Of Collab Tools
• 'Tribal' Lender Violated RICO, Usury Laws, Borrower Claims
• BIA Restores Calif. Tribes' Land-Leasing Authority
• Native Group Suing SD Hotel Over Racial Bias Leads Boycott
• Tulsa Can Prosecute Indians Despite McGirt, Okla. Court Says
• Oklahoma Supreme Court OKs Pot Ballot Initiatives
• Minn. Justices To Review PolyMet Water Permit Process
• Embracing ESG: Uber Counsel Talks Safety Standards
• Endo Wins Reversal Of Opioid Default And Judge Is DQ'd
• Prospectively Appointing Jackson To High Court Is Unlawful
• Alabama AG Ends Opioid Holdout With Deals Worth $276M
• 'Sky Did Not Fall' For Okla. Economy After McGirt, Study Says
• Lithium Mine Fights Tribe's Bid To Sanction BLM
• DOI, Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Affirm Ore. Monument Expansion
• Mich. Marijuana Bill Could Boost Tribal Economic Growth
• Biden Admin. Finalizes Rule Strengthening NEPA Reviews
• Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Gets Opponent For DC AG Disqualified
• Maine Lawmakers Back Tribal Rights To Online Sports Betting
• New Court Takes The Wheel In NY's Vast Opioid Litigation
• 9th Circ. Backs Feds' Authority Over Alaskan Refuge Hunting
• Big Cos. Shouldn't Cry 'Settlement Pressure' To Justify Appeal
• Justices Won't Review Wash. Tribal Boundary Row
• Justices Won't Disturb Maine's Win In Tribal River Rights Fight
• Opioid Trial Gamble Pays Off For W.Va. In $99M Deal With J&J
• Biden Administration's Oil And Gas Lease Sales Draw Fire
• ND Secretary Of State Wants Tribes' Redistricting Suit Tossed
• Okla. Should Have Jurisdiction In Indian Country, State Says
• Feds Say Wash. Dam Settlement May Block 'Meaningful' Relief
• Time To Fix Legal Industry's Environmental Pro Bono Problem
• Newborn Opioid Victim Group Says Sackler Releases Justified
• High Court OKs SG To Argue Over Native Criminal Jurisdiction
• Fla. Judge Axes Payday Loan Suit Involving Louisiana Tribe
• Okla. Rejects Choctaw Claim Seeking Tax Relief Under McGirt
• NY Tribe To Open Empire State's First Adult-Use Pot Shops
• DOI Issues Direction For 1st Round Of Abandoned Well Grants
• Remembering An Underappreciated Legal Skill — Listening
• DOI Insists It Has Authority To Cancel Solenex Oil Lease
• GAO To Establish First-Ever Tribal Advisory Council
• Report Says McKinsey Hid Conflicts In Advising FDA, Purdue
• AT&T Seeks More Time To Meet Broadband Subsidy Mandate
• Attorneys Can Promote Trade, Security Amid Global Conflict
• Stoel Rives Boosts Environmental Group With BB&K Atty
• Wash. AG And Distributors Abruptly Shelve Opioid Trial Finale
• Mapping The Top Trials To Know In The Opioid Litigation Wave
• Tribal Landmarks Protected Despite Oregon Ruling, DOJ Says
• Judge Rejects Mont. Mine Approval After Green Groups' Suit
• BLM Wants Gas Lease Challenge Nixed After Enviro Accord
• Modoc Nation Sued Over Alleged High-Interest Loan Scheme
• Biden Budget Includes $2.8B For Nat'l Parks, Tribal Schools
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation Installs New Attorney General
• Ex-Ute Tribe Worker Wants Justices To Nix 10th Circ. Rulings
• Walgreens Execs Saw Profit In Opioid Crisis, Fla. Jury Told
• ND Tribe Urges Court Not To Block Legislative District Map
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Reining In Outside Counsel Costs
• Despite 'Hurt Feelings,' Bid To Intervene In Opioid Deal Denied
• In Surprise Move, Panel Stops Adding Cases To Opioid MDL
• Hemp-Seizing Calif. County Slams Co.'s Illegal Warrant Claim
• DOI Drops 50-Year-Old Native American Water Code Ban
• CFPB Seeks To Limit Credit Impact For Trafficking Survivors
• Oregon Wants Federal Gov't To Stop Stored Water Releases
• When Congress Seeks Cos.' Nonpublic Info From Regulators
• Feds Say Irrigation District Can't Join In Water Ceremony Suit
• Tribe Wins Reversal Of Casino Loan Judgment Row On Appeal
• Tribes, Enviro Groups Seek To Block Mine Project In Nev. Suit
• Wisconsin Tribe Sues McKinsey Over Role In Opioid Crisis
• In Early Mediation, Negotiate With Empathy, Not Threats
• Trump Water Rule Wrongly Stricken, 9th Circ. Told
• Gov't On Solid Ground In Moving Against Offshore Wind Suit
• 10th Circ. Told Review Of Fracking Permits Ignored Big Picture
• Arnold & Porter, 'Dragged Through Mud,' Touts Opioid Probe
• US Trustee Urges 2nd Circ. To Reject Sackler Opioid Releases
• Addressing Problematic Drinking In The Legal Profession
• White Farmers, Feds Fight Minority Farmers' Bid To Intervene
• Michigan Wants Judge To Toss Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• Chamber Sees Higher Energy Costs If Nationwide Permit Axed
• NY, Native Cig Biz Get Go-Ahead To Settle Tax, Trafficking Suit
• Justices Reinstate Trump Water Rule During Appeal
• 'Intense Pressure' To Ink Opioid Deal? Too Bad, 6th Circ. Says
• DOI Cheers Virginia Tribe's Recovery Of Ancestral Land
• Kansas Urges 10th Circ. To Take Wyandotte Land Out Of Trust
• Tribe Seeks Sanctions In Nevada Lithium Mine Suit
• MHA Nation To Intervene In North Dakota Redistricting Case
• Transforming Law Firms' Diversity Intent Into Real Progress
• W.Va. AG Blames 3 Opioid Makers As Trial Opens
• Opioid MDL Judge Cites Miss Piggy To Explain Time Limits
• Calif. Board Diversity Law Was Axed, But Momentum Persists
• Don't Give States Jurisdiction In Indian Country, Group Says
• Electric Group: Nixing Pipeline Permit Could Slow Renewables
• Justices Must Apply Law Evenly In Shadow Docket Rulings
• DOI To Invest $420M In Rural Water Construction Projects
• Water Contractor's Bankruptcy Converted To Ch. 7
• Gambling Co. Has No Standing In Wire Act Case, DOJ Says
• Gov't Urges 10th Circ. To Toss API's Royalty Rule Suit
• EPA Will Skip Perchlorate Regulations For Drinking Water
• Tips For Negotiating Litigation Funding Agreements