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Native American Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on regulation and legislation related to Native American tribes. The section also tracks litigation and deals involving Native American tribes and Native American-owned businesses.
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November 20, 2025
Contradictory Rulings Show Complexity Of Swaps Regulation
Recent divergent rulings, including two by the same Nevada judge, on whether the Commodity Exchange Act preempts state gambling laws when applied to event contracts traded on U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated markets illustrate the uncertainty regarding the legality of prediction markets, say attorneys at Akin.
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November 20, 2025
Ute 'Healer' Convicted Of Sexual Abuse Over 12 Years
A Colorado tribal member has been convicted of sexually assaulting four women and a child over the past dozen years, the U.S. Department of Justice says, after he allegedly established himself as a traditional Indigenous healer to exploit his victims.
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November 20, 2025
8th Circ. Urged To Revive Tribe's Overcollection Challenge
A South Dakota tribe is asking the Eighth Circuit to revive its suit alleging the federal government overcollected millions on a school debt obligation, saying a lower court judge incorrectly found the tribe waited too long to file its challenge.
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November 20, 2025
1st Circ. Sends Maine's 3M PFAS Suit Back To Federal Court
A First Circuit panel has sent a suit from the state of Maine against 3M Co. over so-called "forever chemical" contamination back to federal court, saying its disclaimer that it wasn't pursuing federal claims does not on its own put the case in state court.
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November 19, 2025
29 AGs Want Social Media Addiction Fight Decided In 1 Trial
A coalition of 29 state attorneys general Wednesday urged a California federal judge presiding over social-media addiction multidistrict litigation to consolidate state law claims into a single jury trial, while Meta's counsel argued that there's no case law precedent for such a single trial and it would be prejudicial.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Board of Indian Appeals
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- National Indian Gaming Commission
- Indian Health Service
- Office of Indian Education
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Civil Rights Act
- Tribal recognition rules
- Native American trust fund and land issues
- Gaming compact negotiations
- Federal and state tax policies and revenue-sharing
- Native American lobbying groups
- LITIGATION
- Suits over development projects involving Native American groups, including mining and drilling, casinos and resorts, and shopping centers
- Disputes over land use and other natural resources
- Breach of trust and mismanagement of tribal resources suits
- Native American rights, sovereignty, and tribal recognition disputes
- Cases involving tribal employers
- Criminal jurisdiction disputes
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of Native American and tribal law practices
Readership
- Attorneys who focus on Native American law
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Native American-owned companies
- Tribal leaders and tribal government officials
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals