Art Collection
The Southwest Aesthetic: Diversity of People and Landscapes The art collection now housed at Modrall Sperling comprises a significant portion of the art collected by Dick and Connie Modrall. Spanning…
“Black Snakes” Or Essential Infrastructure: Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Federal Government’s Tribal Consultation Obligations, and Why This Matters
…to a comprehensive federal approval process for construction. See generally Richard Memic, “Dakota Access Changed Tribes’ Outlook on Energy Companies, Denver Attorney Says,” NGI’s Shale Daily (Apr. 5, 2017). ]…
ONRR Proposes Oil, Gas and Coal Royalty Reform
…coal leases. See 80 Fed. Reg. 608, available at https://www.onrr.gov. Comments pertaining to the proposed rule must be submitted to ONRR on or before March 9, 2015. Preceding the proposed…
Annual Environmental Law Update
…for reconsideration cited new data that demonstrated that plants burning certain types of coal could not comply with the ELG Rule.71 Administrator Pruitt stated that because certain compliance dates had…
Tribal Employment Preference Laws
…by the federal government, such as “Section 8A” preferences.] The preference in contracting commonly has multiple tiers, first companies owned by a particular tribe and then companies owned by Indians,…
Modrall Sperling COVID-19 Task Force Updated May 12, 2021
…long, complicated and at times less than clear. With the complexity in mind, we have set out to identify and explain the major provisions that are most likely to affect…
The ADEA Does Not Abrogate Tribal Sovereign Immunity: Eleventh Circuit Confirms Recent Trend
…sue the tribe for a violation of the statute: “The difference between being subjected to the requirement of a statute and the right to commence a suit demanding compliance with…