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Class Lawyers Already Got $60M in Fees. Now They Want More?

The U.S. Justice Department is resisting a supplement fee request on top of the $60.8 million class counsel was awarded for their work in a Native American farmer and rancher Obama-era settlement with USDA.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Two Surprise Supreme Court Orders Show Why Recusals Matter

Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—show why recusals matter.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Litigation No Substitute for Settlement, Says Opioid MDL Judge

In a marked shift from the first hearing in the opioid litigation, a federal judge praised lawyers for getting closer to reaching a global settlement…
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch Hires Native American Law Clerk, Likely First in SCOTUS History

"Justice Gorsuch has already brought a diverse group of clerks to the court and I am honored to deepen that diversity," says Tobi Young, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and general counsel to the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Circuit Jumps Into Tribal Immunity Controversy

The D.C.-based appellate court on Wednesday stopped a PTAB proceeding in which the board has declined to recognize the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's sovereign immunity.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Outgoing AG Jepsen Discusses Accomplishments, Future

Outgoing Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen recently had a wide-ranging interview with the Connecticut Law Tribune on topics ranging from the environment to opioid abuse and his future.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

The Supreme Court Is Center Stage in Lawyer-Playwright's Tribal-Rights Drama

"We have to educate Americans about who we are. Let's face it, no one else is. Theater is a very powerful way to do that," says Mary Kathryn Nagle, the lawyer and playwright whose play "Sovereignty" explores Native American rights through the U.S. Supreme Court past and present.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB Moves to Drop, Delay Cases as Priorities Shift Under Mick Mulvaney

"This case should never have been brought in the first place. We're pleased that the bureau has decided to withdraw a lawsuit," Lori Alvino McGill, a Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz partner, said about the CFPB's decision Thursday to drop a lawsuit against payday lenders in Kansas federal court.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Cherokee Nation Vows to Keep Up Fight vs. Pharma Over Opioids Despite Legal Setback

After a federal judge ruled that the tribal court does not have jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation's lawsuit against several pharmaceutical distributors and retail pharmacies over the opioid addiction epidemic, the territory's attorney general has vowed to continue the legal battle by refiling the case in state court.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Look Ahead: Cases That Will Make News This Year

2018 is expected to a busy year in both the courts and the state Legislature as issues like legalizing recreational marijuana to whether the state's education funding formula is fair to both students in suburban schools and their urban counterparts play out.
5 minute read

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