Criminal Law, Indigenous Peoples

Global Connection - May 2013: iGaming Update

by Harsh Parikh, Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 5/10/2013

More than 25 years ago, gaming in the United States faced a conundrum as Indian Tribes and States debated the legality of gambling on tribal lands. The issue culminated in a landmark decision in the United State Supreme...more

Minefield for the Unwary: Cautiously Optimistic Outlook on Online Gaming Expansion in the United States

by Harsh Parikh, Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 4/19/2013

Gaming operations in the United States have traditionally been supply-side driven. Sheldon Andelson, CEO and Chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp., recently analogized the industry to the movie Field of Dreams: If you build it,...more

VAWA Now Covers LBGTs and Native Americans

by Janet Raasch | Lawyers.com on 4/4/2013

Since passage of the original Violence Against Women Act in 1994, reported incidents of violence against women in the United States have decreased by an impressive two-thirds. Still, violence against women remains a...more

Steven Getman: Legal links of interest for the week ending March 22, 2013

by Steven Getman on 3/22/2013

Steven Getman: Legal links of interest for the week ending March 22, 2013 by Steven J. Getman, Esq. Friday, March 22, 2013 Attorney Steven Getman reports on some of the stories about courts, the law and lawyers in the...more

The Legal Definition of the Crime of Apartheid: A Tool to Assist Those in Determining the Existence of Contemporary Apartheid

by Daniel Mandelbaum on 3/19/2012

Discussions about the existence of contemporary apartheid are quite often emotionally charged in popular discourse. Labeling a State or State actor as a perpetrator of apartheid can send an informed debate adrift. As a...more

Gaming Legal News - December 15, 2011 • Volume 4, Number 37

by Dickinson Wright on 12/19/2011

IN THIS ISSUE: - Request for Proposal for an Internet Gaming Operator Issued in Ontario by Michael D. Lipton, Q.C. and Kevin J. Weber - MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD SET FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN 2012 by Robert W....more

Tsvangirai utterances: is there method in the madness?

by Lloyd Msipa on 9/19/2010

Tsvangirai utterances: is there method in the madness? In Act 2, Scene 2 of one of William Shakespeare’s well known plays, Hamlet, set in the Kingdom of Denmark. Polonius, a character in the play and the King’s chief...more

Seneca County 2005 Local Law No. 4, to Abate Unlawful Games of Chance within Seneca County & Declaring Same to be a Public...

by Steven Getman on 9/27/2005

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Seneca hereby finds that, when unregulated by the State of New York or a political subdivision thereof, games of chance and gambling were, have been and are the subject of...more

Village should be able to collect taxes: State's request could affect Seneca land claim area

by Steven Getman on 6/8/2005

The state wants a federal injunction against Union Springs lifted to allow it to collect taxes from the Cayuga Indian Nation. Assistant Attorney General David Roberts Tuesday filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief in U.S....more

Amicus Brief on Sexual Violence as Torture in Argentine Case

by Jason Dzubow on 12/31/1969

The brief notes that international law concerning sexual violence is a relatively recent development: “When the International Criminal Tribunals for Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda began their work, they encountered a...more