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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

Gaming Legal News - April 11, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 9

by Ryan M. Shannon, Robert Stocker | Dickinson Wright on 4/12/2013

In This Issue: - MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD APPROVES ATHENS ACQUISITION TRANSACTION: At its April 9 monthly meeting, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) approved Athens Acquisition LLC’s acquisition...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

East Meets West - Internet Gaming in New Jersey

by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/5/2013

As New Jersey joins Nevada in the authorization of Internet gaming, there is only one law firm that combines online gaming joint venture negotiation and transactional experience with an unparalleled familiarity with Nevada...more

Bingo: Casino’s Federal License is A Shield Against Public Nuisance Claim

by Kevin Braig, Andrew Polesovsky | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 2/26/2013

The State of Alabama filed suit on February 19, 2012, attempting to shut down four casinos it contends are illegal. Three Indian gambling centers and VictoryLand – one of the state’s largest racetracks and casinos and a...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

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

Public Art Programs: 1% for the 99% - Part One

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/11/2012

The Art Law Blog introduces the first in a series of three articles on "percent-for-art" programs. The common purpose of percent-for-art ordinances is to invigorate the public cultural environment, and to develop and enhance...more

Horse Tracks as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations?

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 9/13/2012

As expanded gambling brings renewed interest and attention to horse racing, tracks need to be sure to not make a bad bet on environmental compliance. ...more

A Murality Play

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/11/2012

Public wall murals have been the subject of much attention recently. Legislators for Los Angeles, considered the “mural capital of the world”, are reviewing a proposed city ordinance to preserve vintage art murals and to...more

Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/14/2011

The notion that the arts make our culture "richer" is commonplace in our vernacular, but an undeniable trend has emerged giving an entirely new meaning to the phrase: across the board, the country’s nonprofit arts and culture...more

"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2011

Often critics comment on the technique, the style, the grandeur of a work of art, and the dramatic and arduous so-called "artistic process". Rarely, do we study or observe how art is shaped by legal and environmental...more

ANTEPROJETO DE LEI DE REVITALIZAÇÃO DO CENTRO DE CURITIBA

by Gabriel Lima on 5/15/2009

Anteprojeto de lei para revitalização do Centro de Curitiba. Incentivos Fiscais. Valorização da cultura e da moradia na zona central da cidade. Projeto inspirado em planos de Barcelona, São Paulo e Salvador....more

Manatt Sports: Revisiting Baltimore's Failed Hail Mary

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/6/2009

Break out a bottle of the good stuff. It's time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Baltimore Colts' famous defeat of the city's attempt to condemn its NFL franchise. In 1984, Baltimore sought to keep the team from...more

Manatt Sports: Maryland's Bad Track Record

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/6/2009

No sooner did the ink dry on my celebration of the 25th anniversary of the erstwhile Baltimore Colts' midnight departure to Indianapolis, when Maryland has provided us with more eminent domain related stuff for our gristmill....more

Scenic byway plans moving along

by Steven Getman on 5/8/2008

Organizers of an effort to have an 18-mile stretch of Route 414 from Watkins Glen to Lodi designated as a scenic byway say they are on track with the project. On June 12, the board of Seneca Lake Scenic Byway Inc. will...more

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