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Miccosukees Want Firm Disqualified In Fight Against Its Former Attorneys

The Miccosukee tribe goes tit for tat with a disqualification motion in a sanctions hearing.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Evidentiary Hearing On Sanctions Against Miccosukees Begins

A three-day evidentiary hearing to determine whether sanctions should be imposed on the Miccosukee tribe and its lawyer starts in Miami federal court.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Judge Cortiñas Can't Represent Miccosukees

A federal appeals court denies a request by the Miccosukee tribe to reinstate a disqualified attorney in their defense against sanctions.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Angel Cortinas Disqualified From Representing Miccosukees, Attorneys

A federal judge disqualified a state appeals court judge from representing the Miccosukee Indian tribe and its attorneys from a sanctions hearing.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Miccosukee Attorneys Want Current Attorney Thrown Out

The attorneys seeking sanctions against the Miccosukees and its current counsel are looking to disqualify former state appellate judge Angel Cortinas from representing the tribe at an upcoming hearing.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Dexter Lehtinen Wants Miccosukees Held In Contempt Over Missing Tapes

Miami attorney Dexter Lehtinen wants the Miccosukees to explain missing audio tapes of tribal council and business meetings that supposedly supported claims he purposely gave members bad advice on federal tax matters.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Excessive Force Case Results In Rare Plaintiff Victory In Tribal Court

When a drunken bar patron gets forcefully subdued by a police officer and wins a five-figure verdict as a result, it's usually not big news. But move a similar confrontation to a Native American casino, and that's a different story. A patron of the Mohegan Sun Casino has prevailed in what may be the first successful excessive force claim against a tribal police officer in Connecticut, according to the plaintiff's attorney who won the case.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Was Suit Against Lawyers Frivolous, Or Did Miccosukees Have Real Evidence? Judge Cooke Demands Answers

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke said she will hold an evidentiary hearing on whether the Miccosukee tribe had any real evidence against its former lawyers when it sued them two years ago.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Two Courts, Two Losses For Tribes

Indian tribes lost a pair of sovereignty arguments: a state tax ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a child custody ruling by the Third District Court of Appeal.
5 minute read

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