Energy & Resources Notes – Spring 2016
View as PDF The FAST Act Seeks to Expedite Multi-Agency NEPA Compliance for Large Infrastructure Projects A new law offers the prospect of faster Federal approvals and limitations on judicial challenges for certain large infrastructure projects that must comply with the National…
Employment Law Alert – April 2016
View as PDF Articles: Are New Mexico Employers Required to Accommodate Obesity Under the ADA? Between 25% and 30% of all adults in New Mexico are obese. With such a significant percentage of New Mexicans being affected by obesity, employers are increasingly…
Court Allows BIA’s Final Rule Regarding Rights-of-Way on Indian Land To Go Into Effect April 21
On Thursday, April 21, 2016, the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Final Rule entitled Rights-of-Way on Indian Land, 80 Fed. Reg. 72492-72549 (Nov. 19, 2015), making changes to the regulations in 25 C.F.R. Part 169, will go into effect. The United States District Court…
Native American Law Watch – Spring 2016
View as PDF Articles: Professor Kevin Washburn: Reflections on Service as Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, the State of Indian Law in 2016, and Returning Home to New Mexico Kevin Washburn recently returned to his position as a professor at the University of New…
Employment Law Alert – March 2016
View as PDF Articles: New Mexico’s Whistleblower Statute 101: A Crash Course In 2010, New Mexico’s Legislature enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). Generally, the purpose of a whistleblower protection act is to protect employees who risk job security for the good…
Employment Law Alert – February 2016
View as PDF Articles: Tips for Conducting Employee Investigations Investigating your employee for inappropriate conduct can be a sensitive and difficult task. An employer’s decisions regarding how to conduct the investigation can have significant impact in subsequent litigation related to the investigation….
Native American Law Watch – Fall 2015/Winter 2016
View as PDF Articles: Bondholders and Trustee Avoid Tribal Court Jurisdiction on Defaulted Bonds The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that bondholders and their counsel were not required to exhaust tribal court remedies in a case involving a bond transaction…
Energy & Resources Notes – Fall 2015
View as PDF The Clean Water Rule: Troubled Waters Ahead for the EPA and Corps Two federal courts have preliminarily halted the enforceability of the “Clean Water Rule” promulgated jointly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps…
Susan Miller Bisong to Present at Water Law CLE
Date: September 16th, 2015 Location: MCM Elegante 2020 Menaul, NE Albuquerque, NM 87107 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. “Establishing the Validity of Agricultural Water Rights,” presented by Susan Miller Bisong, Chair of Water Law Practice Group, Modrall Sperling, kicks off the…
Native American Law Watch – Summer 2015
View as PDF Articles: Pueblo of Jemez v. United States: Tenth Circuit Resurrects Land Claim – Unique Circumstance or Cloudy Title on the Horizon? The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that dismissed the…