Tribal Law / Indigenous Peoples

Legal news, topics, and the latest litigation that impact Native-American Communities and tribes are covered by the National Law Review. Visitors will learn about different communities in the United States and other indigenous populations globally, and the legal ramifications of their situations. Coverage includes issues that are facing tribal courts throughout the United States, which include patent litigation, sovereign immunity claims, reservation and land boundaries, easements being granted/denied, and different uses of tribal land.

Visitors to the National Law Review can also read about the tribal authority as it relates to the Clean Water Act, environmental programs, gaming, and tribal casinos. Topics that are further covered by the National Law Review include environmental programs, land use restrictions, union organizing activities, oil and gas extraction on Indian Land, wage and hour regulations, and hydraulic fracturing.

A major controversy involving tribal law can be the conflict between interests attempting to use tribal land for oil, gas, and other pipeline issues.  For example, the controversy in Standing Rock involved a clash between tribal wishes and the interests of organizations and governmental agencies.  The National Law Review covered this controversy and provides updates on litigation involving similar environmental issues as they develop.

Another major area involving tribal law involves gaming and tribal casinos.  Many tribes have incorporated casinos on their reservations, and these casinos have become major sources of revenue for the tribe.  Updates on litigation related to the casinos, as well as dispatches from the major regulatory agencies of these tribal casinos, are covered by the legal experts at the National Law Review.

Details on actions that may affect Native American Tribes from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and other government agencies, are covered by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review.

For hourly updates on the latest in tribal law and legislation, government regulation & compliance, litigation, court procedures, and indigenous people's rights news, be sure to follow the National Law Review Twitter feed and sign up for complimentary e-news bulletins.

 

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Sep
6
2012
Tribal Casino Bankruptcy? Not yet. Bracewell LLP
Apr
18
2017
U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Report - March 2017 Bracewell LLP
Jul
8
2020
Dakota Access Pipeline Must Shutdown While Corps Prepares Environmental Impact Statement Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
21
2022
2022 Promises Greater Focus on Tribal Consultation and Incorporation of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Permitting Process Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
25
2018
Weekly IRS Roundup: June 18 – 22 McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
28
2018
Tribal Sovereign Immunity Does Not Apply to IPR McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
30
2019
Weekly IRS Roundup December 23 – 27, 2019 McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
21
2018
IRS Proposes to Withdraw Debt-Equity Documentation Regulations McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
11
2020
Weekly IRS Roundup February 3-7, 2020 McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
7
2017
IRS is Required to Search Tax Return Information Records to Help Determine Worker Classification McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
29
2019
Supreme Court Update: Department of Commerce v. New York (No. 18-966), Rucho v. Common Cause (No. 18-422), Mitchell v. Wisconsin (No. 18-6210), Carpenter v. Murphy (No. 17-1107), Iancu v. Brunetti (No. 18-302) Wiggin and Dana LLP
Mar
29
2019
Supreme Court Update: Frank v. Gaos (No. 17-961), Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries (No. 17-1101), Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. (No. 16-1498) Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jun
29
2021
Supreme Court Update: Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (No. 20-543), Transunion LLC v. Ramirez (No. 20-297), Hollyfrontier Cheyenne Refining v. Renewable Fuels Ass’n (No. 20-472), Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (No. 20-255), Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jun
1
2018
Supreme Court Update: Epic Systems Corp. v Lewis & Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren Wiggin and Dana LLP
Aug
25
2022
The Inflation Reduction Act: How Do Tribal Communities Benefit? The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC
Apr
20
2018
Beltway Buzz, April 20, 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
27
2020
Challenging Times: Specific Issues Facing the Gaming Industry During the Coronavirus Crisis von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Oct
28
2019
Consulting With Native American Tribes on Energy and Infrastructure Development: Strategies for Reducing Project Risk Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
26
2017
An Update from the National Indian Gaming Association’s Annual Legislative Summit Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
12
2020
McGirt v. Oklahoma: Understanding What the Supreme Court’s Native American Treaty Rights Decision Is and Is Not Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
27
2016
IRS Issue: Gaming Industry Vigilance Helps Correct a Possible Mistake Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
8
2020
Economic Relief to Tribes and Tribal Small Businesses Under the CARES Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
12
2020
June 2020 OCC Final Rule Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act Includes New Incentives for Investing in Indian Country Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
8
2021
Decree Amending Several Provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
31
2013
Senate Passes Bill that Would Allow Tribes to Collect Sales and Use Taxes on Internet Sales Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
3
2022
Proposed Amendments to Community Reinvestment Act Implementing Regulations Seek to Incentivize Investments in Indian Country Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
16
2011
Tribal Cyber Security: Hacking Away at an Undefined Threat Williams Kastner
Nov
20
2011
Future of Tribal Internet Gaming Subject of Oversight Hearing Williams Kastner
Jun
28
2016
Wyoming Federal Judge Rules Against BLM Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Aug
21
2019
Navajo Transitional Energy Company to Purchase Wyoming Coal Mines Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Sep
18
2012
EEOC Approves Model to Help Indian Tribes Fight Job Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
21
2012
Strengthening DOL’s Interactions with Sovereign Tribal Nations U.S. Department of Labor
Mar
19
2023
Epa Joins Governor Polis at Denver Elementary School to Announce $3 Million for Innovative Climate Pollution Projects Across the State U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sep
14
2022
EPA Selects Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for $296K Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Oct
15
2022
EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 

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