https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Native American Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 21:10:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481902 A North Dakota federal judge agreed Tuesday to overturn the state of North Dakota's $28 million verdict against the U.S. for failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, clearing the way for a settlement the parties have said is ready to go. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481936 The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on Tuesday moved to intervene in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's suit over Connecticut regulators' attempts to shut down certain prediction markets. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:38:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481866?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481866 The U.S. Air Force has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the military branch was required to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act before seeking to renew a permit to dispose of hazardous waste at Tarague Beach on Guam.  Tue, 26 May 2026 18:10:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481676 A Washington telephone company says a bid by the Lummi Nation to seal information containing the locations of sensitive archaeological sites undermines the tribe's claims that a preliminary injunction is necessary since maintaining the confidentiality of those locations mitigates the alleged risk of potential looting. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:53:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481625 Resolution Copper Co. is asking a federal court to dismiss an amended religious freedom and constitutional challenge to a Tonto National Forest 2,500-acre land exchange that includes an ancient Apache worship site, arguing it recycles claims that the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court have already rejected. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:40:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481906 The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction and class certification orders in litigation from University of California researchers against President Donald Trump, backing the reinstatement of grants terminated due to presidential orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives while reversing the injunction for those grants that were rescinded without explanation. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:54:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481350 Some people may dislike seeing President Donald Trump on their annual entrance passes for national parks and other federal lands, but that's not an injury that can support litigation over the passes, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 23:37:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481298 Washington and Nevada regulators' lawsuits accusing prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket of violating state gambling laws can proceed in their respective state courts, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday, denying the companies' arguments that the actions raise federal questions and thus belong in federal court. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479405 Alaskan tribal councils have resumed a challenge to a multimillion-dollar project that will construct a 211-mile mining access road through a portion of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Reserve, arguing its construction will adversely affect "the heart of a rural area" and its wild abundance. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:11:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481205 The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into potential insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket on Friday with letters asking the prediction market platforms to hand over compliance information and documents related to headline-grabbing trades. Fri, 22 May 2026 18:19:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2481138 A group of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation against McKinsey & Co. is urging a California federal court to sanction the company for deleting communications with Purdue Pharma and other opioid-makers, saying the court should enter a default judgment against the consulting firm. Fri, 22 May 2026 18:12:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480797?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480797 Rhode Island has come into the legal fray over sports event contracts, as regulators in the Ocean State trade lawsuits with prediction market platforms over whether those offerings violate the state's sports betting laws. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:11:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480467?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480467 Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania and 23 other states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that allowed local communities to pursue climate change damages under state law, arguing it jeopardizes states' constitutional right to govern themselves. Fri, 22 May 2026 11:56:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479608?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479608 Environmental initiatives, diversity programs, anti-misinformation efforts and gender-affirming care have become central targets for President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers in what observers say is an increasing trend of politically tinged competition enforcement. Fri, 22 May 2026 11:29:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2479762 The U.S. Supreme Court's curtailment of federal environmental reviews in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et al. v. Eagle County was seen as a game changer for project development, but one year later, cautious business sentiment has left its legacy untested. Thu, 21 May 2026 22:40:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480941?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480941 An economics expert for Meta testified Thursday against New Mexico's desired $3.7 billion plan to abate social media's harm to mental health, calling it more "a spending plan" than one for abatement and claiming $27 million will do the job. Thu, 21 May 2026 21:32:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480863?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480863 A Ninth Circuit panel scrapped a ruling that directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action to address potentially unsafe levels of drinking water fluoridation, concluding a California federal judge improperly commandeered the case. Thu, 21 May 2026 18:41:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480568 Morrison County, Minnesota, and two townships are seeking to vacate a decision to take about 3,238 acres into trust for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, arguing it was based on a biased process in which the tribe pays Bureau of Indian Affairs' salaries to process trust requests. Thu, 21 May 2026 16:31:37 +0000 https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480779?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/nativeamerican/articles/2480779 Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok Inc. and YouTube have each agreed to settle a bellwether school district's claims in social media addiction multidistrict litigation that were set for a six-week California federal jury trial beginning June 12, according to the Kentucky school district's counsel.