Native American

  • July 28, 2026

    Tribal Nonprofit Says Feds Wrongly Denied Washeteria Funds

    An Indigenous Alaskan corporation is suing the United States and Health and Human Services officials after it says they unlawfully rejected a funding agreement that would allow it to help provide access to clean drinking water, personal hygiene and healthcare services to rural villages and the city of Wales.

  • July 27, 2026

    Minn. Prediction Market Ban Gets Temporarily Blocked

    A Minnesota federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction blocking the state's first-of-its kind law banning prediction markets, ruling that the state likely overstepped its authority just days before the measure was set to take effect.

  • July 27, 2026

    Meta Left Users In Dark About Danger, Tenn. AG Tells Jury

    Tennessee's attorney general went to trial Monday against Meta over claims the social media giant concealed teen mental health harms, telling a jury that despite the revelations employees saw from its systematic research program, the public "warning never came."

  • July 27, 2026

    Union Funds Seek Final OK For $180M In Opioid Deals

    Union health and welfare funds have asked the Ohio federal judge overseeing the sprawling national opioid litigation to approve settlements totaling $180 million with CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and three pharmaceutical companies to compensate for the costs of opioid use disorder treatment.

  • July 27, 2026

    Kalshi Seeks To Keep Operating In Wash. Pending Appeal

    Kalshi has urged a Washington judge to pause a recent order granting the state attorney general's bid to preliminarily enjoin the prediction market platform from operating within the state, saying the injunction causes Kalshi to face a "'Hobson's choice' between state enforcement and its federal duties."

  • July 27, 2026

    Kalshi To 'Geofence' Nevada After Regulators Expose Gap

    Kalshi will implement additional tech tools to block Nevada users from its platform or face daily six-figure fines after the state's gambling regulators showed they could still place trades in the state despite a standing court order barring the prediction market platform from serving Nevada residents.

  • July 27, 2026

    NY AG Urges 2nd Circ. To Deny Kalshi Sports Bet Ban Shield

    New York regulators urged the Second Circuit to deny Kalshi's request for an emergency order that would allow the prediction market company to continue conducting business in New York while its challenge to the state's gambling laws is resolved, arguing the company's operations are both prohibited and predatory.

  • July 27, 2026

    Tribes, Groups Say Historic Council's Plan Imperils Sacred Sites

    Indigenous, environmental and preservation groups say a decision by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to advance a proposed rulemaking notice for revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act will weaken tribal nations' roles in ensuring that their sacred burial sites and ancestral lands are protected.

  • July 27, 2026

    Fertilizer Biz Asks Justices To Reverse Idaho Tribal Land Swap

    An Idaho agribusiness is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Ninth Circuit decision that invalidated a U.S. Department of the Interior land transfer over tribal concerns of contamination from a planned fertilizer plant expansion, arguing the ruling undermines the country's food security, thousands of jobs and millions in economic activity.

  • July 27, 2026

    Groups Say National Pipeline Permit Harms Rivers, Wetlands

    Environmental organizations asked a Washington federal judge Monday to overturn a nationwide permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued for oil and gas pipelines, accusing the agency of allowing companies to fast-track stream crossings without the appropriate considerations or safeguards.

  • July 27, 2026

    Trump Admin Appeals Partial Block On Mail Ballot Order

    The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after the First Circuit declined on Saturday to lift a lower court's order prohibiting the administration from enforcing restrictions on mail-in balloting in 23 states and the District of Columbia in this year's general election.

  • July 24, 2026

    Judge Won't Halt BLM Ore. Logging Project

    An Oregon federal judge declined to halt a federal forest management project, saying a pair of conservation organizations were unlikely to prevail on their claim that the project had changed substantially enough to warrant a supplemental environmental review after it was approved.

  • July 24, 2026

    Federal Bill Seeks CDC Set-Aside For Tribal Health

    A coalition of U.S. lawmakers from New Mexico and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have introduced legislation that would guarantee that tribal nations have equal access to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Emergency Preparedness program.

  • July 24, 2026

    Meta Says AGs' Suit Can't Proceed As 9th Circ. Reviews CDA

    Meta Platforms Inc. is asking the Ninth Circuit to order a stay on its upcoming trial on allegations from 29 states that Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive to the detriment of youths' mental health, saying the case can't go forward while the circuit court reviews whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act blocks the claims.

  • July 24, 2026

    8 States Say Education Dept. Still Targeting DEI In Grant Cuts

    A coalition of eight states told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday the U.S. Department of Education is continuing to illegally terminate or deny grants under two programs intended to address teacher shortages based on diversity, equity and inclusion "buzzwords" in applications.

  • July 24, 2026

    Alaska Tribes Say Road Permits Risk Birds, Subsistence

    Three Indigenous Alaskan villages and a conservation group are challenging a Clean Water Act permit and biological opinion the government issued that will allow for construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, alleging in a new lawsuit the decisions violated a slew of environmental laws.

  • July 24, 2026

    Top Product Liability Cases Of 2026: Midyear Report

    In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.

  • July 24, 2026

    Kalshi Wants NY Sports Wagers Shielded As Deadline Nears

    Kalshi is asking the Second Circuit for an emergency order to safeguard its sports-related contracts from New York regulators, which have promised to hold off on any enforcement actions against the company only through July 30.

  • July 23, 2026

    Creek Freedmen Sue Tribe To Enforce Citizenship Ruling

    Members of the Muscogee Creek Black Freedmen are asking a federal court to block officials with Oklahoma's Muscogee (Creek) Nation from denying them citizenship, saying in a lawsuit brought Thursday that those governmental leaders are defying a tribal Supreme Court ruling that gave them the right.

  • July 23, 2026

    DraftKings Fights Uphill To Beat Suit Over Calif. Gambling Law

    U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer said Thursday he's inclined to deny DraftKings' bid to toss a putative class action accusing the sportsbook of skirting California gambling laws, saying he thinks the plaintiff consumers have sufficiently alleged a monetary injury — and that the games are likely prohibited by state law.

  • July 23, 2026

    Hawaii, Green Groups Fight EPA Rebuff Of Regional Haze Plan

    Hawaii and environmental groups asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to overturn a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to partially reject a plan the Aloha State submitted to improve air quality in national parks that would have retired some older power plants.

  • July 23, 2026

    Mo. Panel Says Exclusion Bars Mallinckrodt Opioid Coverage

    A Missouri appellate court upheld a win for a group of insurers on their arguments that a "your products" policy exclusion applied to bar coverage of alleged damages from drugmaker Mallinckrodt's unbranded marketing of opioid products.

  • July 23, 2026

    BIA Justice Office Says Cocaine Ring Hit SD Reservation

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services says it has dismantled a trafficking operation responsible for distributing cocaine throughout South Dakota and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that has led to the indictments of 14 people and the seizure of narcotics, guns and cash.

  • July 23, 2026

    Montana Judge Orders BIA To Reconsider Tribe Policing Bid

    A Montana federal judge says the Bureau of Indian Affairs must reconsider a Montana tribe's request to assume the agency's law enforcement operations on its reservation after a U.S. magistrate judge last month recommended the decision.

  • July 23, 2026

    NM Tribes Move To Block Kalshi Offerings On Native Land

    Four indigenous nations have asked a New Mexico federal judge to stop Kalshi from offering sports-related contracts on their lands, arguing that the prediction market giant is plainly violating laws that give the tribes sole authority over sports betting.

Expert Analysis

  • CFTC Trading Rule Can't Police Prediction Markets Yet

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    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s recent efforts to police insider trading in prediction markets through a post-Dodd-Frank anti-fraud rule exposes doctrinal gaps around misappropriation theory, leaving platforms to fill the void with win-rate-based surveillance, says attorney Tamara de Silva.

  • 2 'Rocket Dockets' And The Rules That Propel Them

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    The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • How Gambling Cos. Can Defend 'Addictive Design' Suits

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    Following the recent wave of addictive design litigation against video game companies and social media platforms, it appears that the gambling industry may soon face similar claims — but operators may have stronger legal defenses available to them, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Series

    Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

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    NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Every morning I let The New York Times humble me with word games, which offer a chance to recalibrate my brain before the day's chaos arrives and remind me that a solution — whether to a puzzle or employment law issue — almost always exists once I find the right angle, says Amy Epstein Gluck at Pierson Ferdinand.

  • Big Issues Linger After Senate Prediction Market Trading Ban

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    Whether the Senate can — or should — extend prediction market trading restrictions beyond itself will test not only the boundaries of insider trading law, but also the structural limits of legislative power in an era where information itself has become a tradable asset, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing

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    Law school often skips over explicitly teaching students how to determine what kind of problem a case presents before they commit to a particular doctrinal path, which risks building arguments that are internally coherent but externally misaligned, says Melanie Oxhorn at Kobre & Kim.

  • Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

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    Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Survive The Tech Revolution

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    Colorado Supreme Court Justice Maria Berkenkotter and Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Lino Lipinsky de Orlov discuss how artificial intelligence has already fundamentally altered the legal system and offer tips for courts navigating deepfakes, hallucinations and a gap in access to AI tools.

  • 3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid

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    The pressure in-house legal teams face to quickly adopt artificial intelligence tools, combined with budget constraints and the need to evaluate a crowded market of options, sets the stage for implementation mistakes that are often difficult to undo, says former 23andMe general counsel Guy Chayoun.

  • Series

    Playing Basketball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My grandfather used to say "I wear your jersey" as shorthand for wholly committing to support someone with loyalty and integrity — ideals that have shaped my life on the basketball court and in legal practice, says Tracy Schimelfenig at Schimelfenig Legal.

  • EPA Listing Signals New Scrutiny Of Drugs In Drinking Water

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    The recent publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest draft drinking water contaminant list highlights pharmaceuticals as a category of concern, marking the start of a process that could shape future research priorities, monitoring requirements, and federal and state actions, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind

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    Thanks to recent legislation, the Georgia State-wide Business Court will soon offer business litigants greater access to the court than ever before, further enhancing the court's emphasis on efficiency, predictability and accessibility for sophisticated commercial disputes, says former GSBC judge Walt Davis at Jones Day.

  • Where The Preemption Fight Over Prediction Markets Stands

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    While the Third Circuit's recent ruling in Kalshi v. Flaherty remains a significant win for the federal government in its quest to regulate prediction markets, the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits appear more skeptical, indicating that this fight is likely headed for the Supreme Court, says Johnny ElHachem at Holland & Knight.

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