Native American

  • September 24, 2025

    HHS Allocates $1.5B To States, Tribes To Combat Opioid Crisis

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has allocated more than $1.5 billion to states and tribal communities that the agency says will provide critical resources in addressing the country's opioid overdose crisis.

  • September 24, 2025

    Tribal Groups Back 9th Circ. Bid To Block Ariz. Land Transfer

    Two tribal advocacy groups are backing a Ninth Circuit bid to block a 2,400-acre federal land exchange in Arizona to make way for a billion-dollar copper mining project they say will destroy an ancient worship site, arguing that federal policies are systematically stripping Indigenous nations of their homelands.

  • September 24, 2025

    States Say Ed Dept. Must Face Suit Over Mental Health Cuts

    A group of 16 states led by Washington has asked a federal judge not to let the U.S. Department of Education escape the states' claims that the agency violated federal law by discontinuing mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings.

  • September 24, 2025

    Smoke Shop Avoids Sanctions But Must Actually Talk To Tribe

    Retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unauthorized cannabis shop won't be sanctioned for allegedly failing to turn over daily sales records, which they had destroyed for years, but a New York federal court has ordered them to produce those records going forward and is requiring both sides to confer in good faith "by actually speaking to each other."

  • September 23, 2025

    UC Researchers Win Expanded Injunction Against Grant Cuts

    A California federal judge Monday issued another preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to reinstate grants awarded to University of California researchers, this time resurrecting grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Institutes of Health.

  • September 23, 2025

    Alaska Tribe Fights State's Bid To Revive Gaming Case

    An Alaskan Native Village is fighting a request by the state to reopen a dispute that rejected the tribe's bid to secure the right to open a bingo hall, telling a D.C. federal court there's nothing to enforce in the matter.

  • September 23, 2025

    Tribe Fights Mont. County's Bid To Delay Voting Rights Case

    An Indigenous tribe is fighting a county's bid to pause its voting rights lawsuit in Montana federal court, arguing that a dilutive map illegally supports an "at large" election system that has resulted in a failure to meet the needs of tribal citizens.

  • September 23, 2025

    Neb. Tribe Seeking Kids' Remains Fights Army's Defense

    A Native American tribe seeking to repatriate children's remains currently held on U.S. Army property told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday that the federal government is misrepresenting the tribe's complaint by claiming the tribe improperly said it couldn't locate living relatives.

  • September 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Rehearing On Arizona Voting Restrictions

    The Ninth Circuit has said it will not reconsider its decision that certain provisions of two Republican-backed Arizona voting laws violated federal law by requiring residents to provide proof of citizenship to vote by mail and in presidential elections.

  • September 23, 2025

    Social Media Giants Must Face Expert Testimony On Harm

    A California state judge ruled Monday that jurors set to consider claims against major social media technology companies for allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health will be allowed to hear expert testimony about potential injuries inflicted by the design and operation of the platforms.

  • September 23, 2025

    DOJ Adds Tribes To Program Enhancing Crime Data Exchange

    The U.S. Department of Justice has selected six federally recognized Indigenous nations to participate in efforts to continue expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information that will give their law enforcement and government access to databases maintained by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

  • September 22, 2025

    8th Circ. To Hear Tribal Tesoro Pipeline Row In October

    The Eighth Circuit has set arguments for Oct. 21 in North Dakota tribal members' challenge to a lower court's decision that denied them intervention in a lawsuit against the federal government's right-of-way trespassing claims against Tesoro High Plains Pipeline.

  • September 22, 2025

    34-Year DOJ Enviro Atty, Deputy Assistant AG, Joins Bracewell

    A career U.S. Department of Justice environmental lawyer, who most recently was the deputy assistant attorney general of the agency's Environmental and Natural Resources Division, has taken his first role in private practice at Bracewell LLP, where he'll work as a partner, the firm announced Monday.

  • September 22, 2025

    ND Urges High Court To Expedite Tribal Voting Rights Ruling

    North Dakota Secretary of State Micheal Howe is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide as soon as possible whether to take up two tribes' petition for certiorari in their challenge to the state's voting map, saying state officials need time to fairly prepare for and administer the 2026 elections.

  • September 22, 2025

    Feds Oppose Calif. Tribes' Bid To Halt Casino Dispute

    The U.S. government has asked a District of Columbia federal court judge to reject a stay motion filed by three California Native American tribes that are challenging the approval of another tribe's casino-resort project, arguing that the trio has failed to justify pausing the suit before the court rules on the government's request for a Golden State federal court transfer.

  • September 22, 2025

    Judge Rules Revolution Wind Can Restart Wind Farm Work

    A D.C. federal judge gave Revolution Wind the green light to restart work on its billion-dollar wind farm off the Rhode Island coast Monday, halting a stop work order issued by the Trump administration last month, two years after the project got federal approval from the Biden administration.

  • September 19, 2025

    Calif. Official Questions FCC Power To Trim Historic Reviews

    The head of California's Office of Historic Preservation has criticized the Federal Communications Commission's decision to weigh regulatory changes that would streamline environmental and historic reviews for wireless broadband infrastructure projects.

  • September 19, 2025

    Bills Would End Emergencies For Tariffs On Brazil, Canada

    A national emergency underpinning U.S. tariffs imposed on Canada and another one justifying most American tariffs on Brazil would be ended under a pair of resolutions introduced with bipartisan support by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

  • September 19, 2025

    Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts

    In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.

  • September 19, 2025

    Groups Decry Bid To Roll Back Ariz. Monument Protections

    Conservation groups are denouncing congressional legislation that, if approved, would nullify protections on two Indigenous national monuments in Arizona that were put in place to prevent new uranium, copper and gold mining of the sites.

  • September 19, 2025

    Michigan Justices To Weigh Enbridge Pipeline Tunnel Dispute

    The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear challenges to state regulators' approval of an Enbridge Energy LP plan to construct a miles-long tunnel for a petroleum pipeline underneath a Great Lakes shipping corridor.

  • September 18, 2025

    SEC Drops Hunter Biden Biz Pal's Case After Trump Pardon

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed its civil claims against Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer, who President Donald Trump pardoned earlier this year after he was convicted of helping to execute a $60 million bond scam against a South Dakota tribal corporation.

  • September 18, 2025

    Alaska Asks Justices To End Feds' Subsistence Fishing Regs

    The state of Alaska is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step into its dispute with the federal government and Native American groups over fishing regulations in its navigable waters, challenging a Ninth Circuit ruling that barred the state from opening part of the Kuskokwim River to all fishers.

  • September 18, 2025

    Groups Look To Block EPA's $3B Grant Cuts Amid Appeal

    Conservation, tribal groups, and local and county governments are looking to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from terminating a $3 billion climate grant program while they appeal a decision that dismissed their claims, arguing that public interest and equities weigh heavily in their favor.

  • September 18, 2025

    Army Challenges Tribe's Claims In Burial Dispute At 4th Circ.

    The U.S. Army told the Fourth Circuit this week that a tribe seeking the repatriation of remains from a former Pennsylvania Native American boarding school was wrong to claim that it couldn't find living relatives of the entombed children, citing a news article pointing to the existence of those relatives.

Expert Analysis

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

  • 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust

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    Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.

  • Series

    Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.

  • ICJ Climate Opinion Raises Cos.' Legal, Compliance Risks

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    The International Court of Justice's recent advisory opinion on governments' climate change obligations could have important consequences for the regulated community — including a more complex compliance landscape, heightened legal risks for carbon-intensive activities, and renewed market and investor focus on climate issues, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • Opinion

    Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test

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    Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.

  • A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations

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    As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • Opinion

    PFAS Reg Reversal Defies Water Statute, Increasing Risks

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent moves delaying the deadlines to comply with PFAS drinking water limits, and rolling back other chemical regulations, violate the Safe Drinking Water Act, and increase the likelihood that these toxins could become permanent fixtures of the water supply, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • CEQA Reform May Spur More Housing, But Devil Is In Details

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    A recently enacted law reforming the California Environmental Quality Act has been touted by state leaders as a fix for the state's housing crisis — but provisions including a new theoretically optional traffic mitigation fee could offset any potential benefits, says attorney David Smith.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

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