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June 11, 2026
An Alaskan Indigenous man who spent years battling a first-degree murder charge in connection to the death of his older brother is suing former Metlakatla Police Department officials, supervisors and tribal policymakers over the now-dismissed allegation, saying the investigation should have been handled with care, honesty and respect for the truth.
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June 11, 2026
A man who was found guilty of disorderly intoxication after being arrested at the Miccosukee Casino and Resort on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation had his conviction and sentence reversed after a Florida appeals court found the state lacked jurisdiction to prosecute him for violating a local ordinance on tribal land.
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June 10, 2026
Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby has announced his plans to retire as the federally recognized tribe's leader, saying that after serving nearly 40 years it's time to pass the torch to the next generation of tribal stewards.
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June 10, 2026
The U.S. Small Business Administration released a proposal on Wednesday that would make it possible for small business owners to qualify for the 8(a) business development program by claiming they've been harmed by a company's DEI policies or a university's affirmative action programs.
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June 10, 2026
Environmental advocacy organizations told a D.C. federal district court Wednesday that Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s use of formerly protected land near the Texas coast would endanger vulnerable wildlife, saying SpaceX's occasional rocket explosions spew debris directly into protected habitat.
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June 10, 2026
The "God Squad" that waived Endangered Species Act requirements for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico urged a Washington, D.C., federal district court to toss conservation groups' legal challenges over the move, arguing they've chosen the wrong forum.
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June 10, 2026
A Colorado federal judge has narrowed two claims in an Alaska tribal corporation's suit against a consultant and her business and told an attorney for the consultant to explain why she shouldn't be sanctioned for an improper citation in a brief generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
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June 10, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a rule Wednesday that could govern the way the agency oversees the prediction markets, indicating that trading platforms will be allowed to continue accepting bets on the outcome of professional and college-level sports.
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June 10, 2026
A Utah tribal member's family is asking the full Federal Circuit to reconsider a decision that the federal government isn't liable for his shooting death, arguing that the U.S. can't prevail on arguments that two previous rulings in the dispute were based on inaccurate Fourth Amendment analysis.
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June 09, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has waived multiple environmental laws as it builds border barriers and roads through Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park, saying it must quickly deter illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry on the Texas-Mexico border.
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June 09, 2026
Prediction market platform Kalshi Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will start requiring users to verify their employer before they can trade on certain markets, and will further implement features allowing users to directly report suspicious trading activity.
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June 09, 2026
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians on Tuesday filed a federal suit against the National Indian Gaming Commission claiming the commission's attempt to shut down a Northwest Michigan casino is improper and misapplies the "one-bite rule" governing tribal gaming to restored ancestral lands.
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June 09, 2026
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians has for years been tied up in litigation with its sister tribe, the Cherokee Nation, over land rights, healthcare and more. Now, a recently withdrawn U.S. Department of the Interior memo over rights to 2.63 acres of land is again stoking tensions.
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June 09, 2026
A Colorado district judge has partially blocked the federal government's approval of a 226-mile, 345-kilovolt electricity transmission line in the Nebraska Sandhills, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bypassed required cultural resource and environmental consultations without proving that an emergency existed under a presidential executive order.
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June 09, 2026
The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.
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June 08, 2026
The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians sued the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians in California federal court Friday to keep it from developing a competing casino in Madera County, arguing the proposed site doesn't qualify for exceptions under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act that allow gambling.
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June 08, 2026
A federal judge in Manhattan set a December trial date Monday in a "novel" and "complex" insider trading case against a U.S. Army soldier accused of unlawfully profiting off prediction market bets based on his knowledge of the January capture of deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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June 08, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has vacated an Internal Revenue Service notice limiting how wind and large-scale solar projects can qualify for two Biden-era clean energy tax credits, finding the Trump administration didn't sufficiently consider reliance interests and explain its rationale for the change.
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June 08, 2026
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it's investigating six acts of vandalism toward Indigenous petroglyph sites in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin that have caused irreparable damage to the centuries old archaeological sites.
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June 08, 2026
A Washington tribe wants a federal court to rethink a decision to deny its bid to open a new sub-proceeding regarding its fishing treaty limits within Evergreen State waterways, saying it's the first time a district court has denied such a request on jurisdictional grounds in the case's 50-year history.
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June 08, 2026
An advertising industry self-regulatory body said Monday that it's referring Kalshi Inc. to regulators "for review and possible enforcement action" after the prediction market platform allegedly declined to answer an inquiry into whether it took steps to ensure its online promoters disclosed their ties to the firm when boosting it on social media.
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June 08, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court won't overturn a pair of Tenth Circuit decisions that found that two Native American men cannot be convicted of simple assault under the Major Crimes Act after the federal government argued that the "senseless result" can't be reconciled with the law's plain text.
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June 05, 2026
Officials with the Colorado River Indian Tribes must face a lawsuit brought by a smoke shop owner who claims they wrongfully evicted his business and stole its inventory, the Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion, saying tribal employees aren't automatically shielded by sovereign immunity.
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June 05, 2026
A coalition of nonprofits, university professors, federal contractors and subcontractors has asked a Maryland federal court to halt an executive order requiring government contractors to agree not to engage in "racially discriminatory DEI activities," arguing that they will continue to suffer irreparable harm if the order is not enjoined and stayed.
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June 05, 2026
A Georgia developer will pay a $1 million fine and help to repatriate Indigenous remains and artifacts after the United States alleged the company continued to build homes for a 2,230-acre development on a flood plain despite knowing about the presence of archaeological sites and cultural objects.