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March 27, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Friday refused to block an upcoming meeting Tuesday within the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
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March 27, 2026
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has kicked off a legal battle with a trademark infringement lawsuit against DraftKings for using terms like "March Madness" to describe the basketball competition, bringing the issue of sports betting to court and signaling a more active role in intellectual property enforcement.
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March 27, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class's blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.
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March 27, 2026
The Washington state attorney general accused Kalshi Friday of operating an illegal online betting platform under the guise of a prediction market, joining a growing number of states that have taken court action against the company over alleged gambling law violations.
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March 27, 2026
A coalition of states told a federal judge that the Trump administration appears to have ignored an order limiting the types of Medicaid data that can be shared with immigration officials, potentially handing over reams of "off limits" data on citizens and green card holders.
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March 27, 2026
A district court judge in Oregon has rejected the federal government's efforts to end decades-long litigation over hydropower dam operations in the Columbia River Basin, saying arguments that the dispute is subject to Ninth Circuit review are unpersuasive and mistaken.
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March 27, 2026
A D.C. federal judge threw out a lawsuit seeking to claw back millions in gambling losses from major sportsbook operators under an old "Statute of Anne" law on the district's books, ruling that local officials clearly exempted authorized sports wagering from its recovery provisions.
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March 27, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld a district judge's order invalidating Florida's state-run Clean Water Act permitting program, ruling that federal wildlife agencies unlawfully bypassed key endangered species protections when clearing it.
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March 27, 2026
An insurer asked an Illinois federal court to reject a drug wholesaler's bid for sanctions in a dispute over coverage for underlying opioid litigation, saying the accusations that it intentionally destroyed pertinent evidence are, "at best, based on half-truths and misstatements of fact."
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March 26, 2026
An Indiana federal judge Thursday denied the National Collegiate Athletic Association's request for a temporary order prohibiting sports gambling company DraftKings Inc. from using terms like "March Madness" to describe the basketball tournament, despite concluding that the NCAA is likely to prevail on its trademark claims.
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March 26, 2026
DraftKings and FanDuel have been hit with another lawsuit, this time in Massachusetts state court, by a consumer alleging their sports betting platforms intensify the addictive properties of gambling but the companies refuse to implement safeguards.
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March 26, 2026
Two environmental nonprofits have notified the Trump administration they will bring a lawsuit against the government over the recently approved West Reservoir timber project at Flathead National Forest, alleging new road building could harm protected wildlife.
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March 26, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has reinstated critical habitat designations for two Arctic seal species, finding that federal wildlife officials were in line with the Endangered Species Act and were not required to consider foreign conservation efforts or habitats when establishing the regions.
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March 26, 2026
A trio of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that aims to strengthen available resources to Indigenous nations by filling gaps in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for more equitable access to grant funding opportunities.
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March 26, 2026
The Muscogee (Creek) Supreme Court has ordered a second status report on how the tribe's citizenship board and principal chief are complying with a decision to give citizenship to descendants of those once enslaved by the Indigenous nation.
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March 25, 2026
The Pechanga Band of Indians has asked a California federal judge for a preliminary injunction that will compel the Indian Health Service to approve a proposed compact and funding agreement that will allow the tribe to operate an opioid treatment facility.
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March 25, 2026
The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a bid by the governor to overturn a formal opinion by Attorney General Gentner Drummond that says U.S. law prohibits the state from citing tribal members for hunting and fishing on reservation lands, saying a federal lawsuit in the dispute will settle its legality.
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March 25, 2026
A group of California tribes and conservation nonprofits is accusing a Michigan miner and the BlueRibbon Coalition of venue shopping in their challenge to the establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument, arguing that the case should be transferred to a district "with an actual stake in the suit."
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March 25, 2026
A California state jury that found Meta and Google liable Wednesday for harming the mental health of a woman who says she became addicted to their social media platforms as a child delivered a second blow later in the day, awarding $3 million in punitive damages on top of a $3 million compensatory award.
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March 24, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has granted bids by a Native American tribe and an environmental group to intervene in a Nevada geothermal company's suit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's listing of the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species.
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March 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded more than $21 million in grants to fund 84 projects for 61 tribal nations, an effort it says will help reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Indigenous lands.
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March 24, 2026
Michigan appellate judges have reinstated a legal malpractice action the Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority brought against Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, which the organization's tribe had hired as counsel for a failed attempt to open two casinos, ruling the case is not barred by tribal sovereign immunity.
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March 24, 2026
A Utah federal judge has determined that split estate lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation are not Indian Country, saying that decades of precedent in the dispute over the Ute Indian Tribe's jurisdiction backs the decision.
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March 24, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has sided with the U.S. Department of the Interior and an oil and gas group in a suit by environmentalists challenging a 2020 final rule on air pollution, finding that the rule isn't arbitrary or capricious, and falls within the agency's discretion.
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March 23, 2026
Baby carrier maker Mabe LLC is asking an Idaho federal judge to either dismiss a rival's patent infringement suit or issue a $16 million bond, saying the litigation is based on invalid patents and violates the state's law targeting bad faith intellectual property suits.