Civil Procedure – May 23, 2012

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 5/8/2012

On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court clarified the steps trial courts must take to ensure that the notice requirements under the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”) are strictly enforced in a consolidated order resolving two...more

by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 3/16/2012

Child custody disputes in New Mexico can involve many special circumstances that may not commonly arise in other states. For instance, given the large Native American population in New Mexico, a number of the children caught...more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/1/2012

On December 2, 2011, the Supreme Court of British Columbia awarded Marilyn Baptiste, on her own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation Government and the Tsilhqot’in Nation, an...more

by Melissa Dewey Brumback on 1/9/2012

Duke Energy has been cleared to update power lines near the Eastern Band of the Cherokee’s reservation in the western North Carolina mountains. Late last month, the North Carolina Utilities Commission handed down their...more

by Santiago Cueto on 9/19/2011

On September 19, 2011, a federal appeals court reversed Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan's preliminary injunction blocking worldwide enforcement of an $18 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador. In its ruling, a...more

by Nancie G. Marzulla on 6/29/2011

In This Issue: Restoring Dignity to the Members of the Quapaw (O-Gah-Pah) Tribe of Oklahoma A Brief History For over four centuries the original inhabitants of the region where the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers...more

by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 4/25/2011

New Mexico is home to many Indian Casinos. They are very popular. Like any other business, particularly casinos, there are countless ways for patrons to be injured. When a personal injury occurs at or near an Indian Casino,...more

by Robert Thomas on 9/3/2010

For more than a century, the federal government has held substantial funds and 2.9 million acres of land in Arizona in trust for the Tohono O'odham Nation. In United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, No. 09-846 (cert. granted...more