Indigenous Peoples, Art, Entertainment & Sports Law

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

Gaming Legal News - April 24, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 11

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 4/26/2013

In This Issue: - THE MASSACHUSETTS MUDDLE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG? The Mashpee Wampanoag casino project planned for the town of Taunton in southeastern Massachusetts received a major...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

Three Point Shot - March 2013

by Robert Freeman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/21/2013

In this Issue: - Reversal of Fishy Court Opinion Gives Boat Crew Another Chance to Reel in a Million-Dollar Prize - Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow - Grades for Football Prospects Copyrightable, But Sports Writer Not...more

Internet Gaming on Indian Lands

by Jennifer Carleton | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/7/2013

Originally published in Casino Enterprise Management magazine – March 2013. With no federal Internet gaming bill on the horizon, state legislatures are again focused on whether and to what extent Internet gaming will...more

Gaming Legal News - February 28, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 6

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: - LATEST TRIBAL GAMING REVENUE REPORT: “TRIBAL GAMING IMPROVES DESPITE SLUGGISH ECONOMY”: The annual “Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report” was released nationally on Wednesday, and the...more

California Reintroduces Bill to Legalize Sports Betting

by Dan W. Goldfine, Harsh Parikh, Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/8/2013

For the second year in a row, the California State Legislature will consider Senate Bill 190 to legalize sports betting within the state. Last year’s Senate Bill 1390 passed in the California State Senate, but stalled in...more

Gaming Legal News - January 24, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 3

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 2/1/2013

In This Issue: - INDIAN COUNTRY AND OBAMA’S CHOICE FOR SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR: In March, Ken Salazar will leave his well-appointed office at the helm of the Department of the Interior and return to Colorado,...more

Gaming Legal News - December 20, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 28

by Ryan M. Shannon, Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 12/24/2012

In This Issue: - Indian Gaming Issues To Watch In 2013 - Will The Ex Parte Young Doctrine Swallow Tribal Sovereign Immunity Whole? - Detroit Casinos’ November Revenues Decrease From Save Month Last Year: Michigan...more

Pryor Cashman Files Complaint in Federal Court on Behalf of Client Gerald Celente Against Google Inc.

by Pryor Cashman LLP on 11/8/2012

Pryor Cashman filed a complaint today in federal court in the Southern District of New York on behalf of client Gerald Celente, an internationally recognized trend forecaster, against Google Inc. and David Chekroun, who...more

Pryor Cashman Partners With Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School’s Corporate Work Study Program, Taking on Five Students as Interns

by Pryor Cashman LLP on 11/6/2012

Pryor Cashman Partners With Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School’s Corporate Work Study Program, Taking on Five Students as Interns November 6, 2012 Press Release Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce its support for...more

Life After Patchak: What Does It Mean For Tribal Gaming in California?

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 10/24/2012

Originally published in Riverside Lawyer, October 2012. The tribal gaming industry received a blow from the United States Supreme Court right before the high court ended its session for the summer. Whether the blow is...more

US iGaming expansion

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 10/1/2012

Originally published in World Online Gambling Law Report - September 2012. IGaming Update - More than twenty five years ago, gaming in the United States faced a conundrum as Indian Tribes and States debated the legality...more

Around the Virtual World - August 20, 2012

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 8/20/2012

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - Amazon Enters Social Gaming Market - Gaming Industry Haunted by Safety Concerns - Zynga...more

Internet Gaming and Indian Country: The Trends and the Strategies

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/30/2012

Excerpts of chapter that first appeared in Inside the Minds: Emerging Issues in Tribal-State Relations (2012 Edition) published by Aspatore Books. Excerpts reprinted with permission. For most of the twentieth century,...more

The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media: 2011 Update

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/23/2011

Businesses that are involved in digital media use music in many ways—and most require some sort of license to make the use legal. Whether the music is used in an advertisement or a music video, on a Web site or delivered via...more

Yale Agrees to Return Machu Picchu Artifacts to Peru: Ethics-Based Repatriation Efforts Gain Steam

by Kimberly Alderman on 12/1/2010

This article discusses the apparent resolution between Yale and Peru over the disputed artifacts removed from Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham in 1911. The article considers how Peru has, in recent years, asserted itself on an...more

Ethical Issues in Cultural Property Law Pertaining to Indigenous Peoples

by Kimberly Alderman on 1/1/2009

In this article, I use the 5Ps Framework for Ethical Problem Solving to begin meaningful discourse on the ethical problems in cultural property law pertaining to indigenous descendants of creator cultures. I use the...more

The Ethical Trade in Cultural Property: Ethics and Law in the Antiquity Auction Industry

by Kimberly Alderman on 1/1/2009

This article considers from an ethical perspective the role that auction houses play as facilitators of the illicit antiquity trade. It reviews the laws that regulate the antiquity auction industry and explains why they fail...more

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