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The Penalty Miccosukee Tribe Attorney Got For Filing Unsupported Racketeering Complaint is Huge

A Miami federal judge hands down $1 million in sanctions against attorney Bernardo Roman for filing an unsupported racketeering complaint.
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New York Law Journal

Matter of Peters

By | January 16, 2015
Respondent Waived Objection to Ex-Attorney Representing Petitioner in Probate Litigation
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Daily Business Review

Judge Delays Action on Contempt Motion Following Change in Tribal Law

The Miccosukee Indian tribe is defiant in its fight against Internal Revenue Service demands for tax records.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Marcia Cooke: Judge Handles Hot Cases With Boldness

By | December 15, 2014
The Miami federal judge has a reputation for folksy courtroom quips targeting the root of the legal issues before her.
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Daily Business Review

Miccosukee Chairman Faces Contempt Hearing Over Tax Records

A federal judge has ordered tribal chairman Colley Billie to explain why he hasn't answered a summons from the Internal Revenue Service.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

More Officiants Authorized for NY Indian Marriages

An amendment to state Domestic Relations and Indian laws provides that a judge or peacemaker judge of any tribal court, a chief, a headman or any member of any tribal counsel or other governing body of any of the Indian nations in New York may now perform marriages on Indian lands.
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New York Law Journal

Tribe's Corporate Entity Not Immune From Suit, Court Says

A divided state Court of Appeals said that it could find no basis in federal or state law to support the argument that a corporate entity of an American tribe, in this case a subsidiary the Seneca Nation of Indians created to build a golf course at its western New York casino, is protected from suit by its nation's sovereign immunity.
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Valley Miwok Tribe v. California Gambling Control Commission

By | November 24, 2014
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells

3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Circuit Upholds Tribal Leader's Conviction

Michael Thomas had a reputation as a "tireless and effective advocate" for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and he rose to president of the tribal council, a position he held for nine years, despite a difficult childhood. But now, with his conviction recently upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Thomas will spend 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $100,000 in tribal funds.
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