Native American Law Watch – Fall 2012
This inaugural edition of Modrall Sperling’s Native American Law Watch includes:
The Supreme Court and Indian Country:
- Supreme Court Exposes Interior Fee-to-Trust Actions to Broader Challenges and Extends Periods for Challenges, with Possible Silver Lining for Developers:
The Supreme Court addressed two issues affecting economic development in Indian country in its June 27, 2012, decision in Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak…
Employment Law in Indian Country:
- “Tribal v. Local Indian” Employment Preference:
Ever since the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held tribal member employment violates Title VII… - Dealing with Tribal Traditional Law: The Navajo Supreme Court Develops a Practical Jurisprudence: Businesses often have concerns about the unwritten tribal laws when doing business in Indian country…
Congress and Indian Country:
- HEARTH Act Presents Opportunity for Tribes to Improve Business Site Leasing in Indian Country:
Signed in July 2012, the HEARTH Act grants Indian tribes the authority to implement their own programs to approve leases for business, residential, and other purposes, pursuant to tribal…
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