May 12, 2016
The Seminole Tribe told a federal court Wednesday that the state of Florida had inadvertently given a third party an unredacted copy of a deposition containing trade secret information, in violation of a confidentiality agreement reached in the tribe's suit over its exclusive right to offer banked card games.
March 29, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Monday delayed by several months the trial in the Seminole Tribe's lawsuit accusing the state of refusing to renegotiate the tribe's exclusive right to offer blackjack at its casinos after both sides said they needed more time to prepare.
March 09, 2016
A trial may be pushed back by several weeks in the Seminole Tribe's lawsuit accusing the state of Florida of refusing to renegotiate the tribe's exclusive right to offer blackjack at its casinos, with both the tribe and the state asking a federal court Wednesday for more time to prepare.
January 12, 2016
A Florida federal judge's recent decision not to toss a lawsuit against the state by the Seminole Tribe over its exclusive right to offer banked card games gives the tribe a leg up in its bid to keep profiting from the games, as a battle in the state Legislature over a broader, $3 billion proposed gaming deal could drag on.
January 08, 2016
The Seminole Tribe's lawsuit to bring Florida officials to the negotiating table over their exclusive right to offer blackjack has survived an effort by the state to transfer or kill the suit, with a Florida federal judge ruling that the state's argument that it was too early to negotiate was "plainly wrong."
December 11, 2015
The Seminole tribe of Florida on Thursday urged a federal court not to dismiss its suit over a change to a 2010 gambling compact ending the tribe's exclusive right to offer games such as blackjack and slot machines, saying amendments to the deal must be negotiated in good faith.
November 19, 2015
The state of Florida urged a federal district court to dismiss a tribe's lawsuit accusing it of refusing to renegotiate the tribe's exclusive right to offer blackjack at its casinos, arguing that the suit is 15 years premature as their gambling compact lasts till 2030.
October 26, 2015
The Seminole Tribe of Florida filed suit against the state Monday following months of back-and-forth over the tribe's expiring exclusive right to offer blackjack and similar card games at its casinos, saying the action is necessary despite progress negotiating a new compact.