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FAO Development Law Service Will Hold April 30 Webinar On The Rights Of Nature

The Food and Agriculture Organization's Development Law Service is hosting a webinar to explore the emerging legal concept of Rights of Nature and its intersection with critical areas including water resources, Indigenous Peoples' rights, biodiversity, and sustainable food systems. Legal experts will provide analytical insights through case studies and examine how this evolving framework connects to FAO's mandate for environmental protection and land tenure.

Worldwide Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Coral Reefs Won’t Enjoy “Personhood” Legal Rights In Hawaii

A controversial legislative effort to grant coral reefs and watersheds “legal personhood” in Hawaii has been voted down by the state legislature.

United States Environment

DM

Duane Morris LLP

EU Regulation On Deforestation-free Products (EUDR): What Lies Ahead In 2026?

In late 2025, the EU postponed the application of the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) for the second time.

United States Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

When Is A Cumulative Impact Analysis Constitutionally Required? Alaska Supreme Court Offers Clarification

On November 14, 2025, the Alaska Supreme Court issued its opinion in Orutsararmiut Native Council v. Boyle. The focus of this dispute centered on several permits that the Alaska Department of Natural Resources ("DNR")...

United States Government

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Native American Heritage Month From Sacred To Statutory — How Federal Law Shapes The Protection Of Indigenous Sacred Sites And Artifacts

United States Government

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

BOEM Rapidly Advances Steps To Develop Critical Minerals In American Samoa And Commonwealth Of Mariana Islands

United States Energy

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

Evaluating Tribal Claims Against Trump's Anti-DEI And Immigrant-Enforcement Grant Conditions

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Defending Against ICE Attacks On Tribal Lands

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

As The Global Energy Transition Advances, Business Centered On Rights Remains Good Business

United States Government

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

United States Trademarks: Foreign Equivalents And Indigenous Languages

United States IP

HS

Harris Sliwoski

Washington State Supreme Court Holds Historic Indigenous Human Rights Symposium

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Revising Missile Controls Is Necessary To Help Allies And Prevent New Nuclear States

United States Government

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Conducting Psychedelic Retreats Abroad: Protecting Yourself And Participants

Worldwide International

HS

Harris Sliwoski

Gabe Galanda Dispels "Federal Indian Blood Quantum Fiction" In New Book

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

March 2026: Federal Deadlines That Will Reshape The AI Regulatory Landscape

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

What Do Employers Need To Know About Independent Contractors And California EDD Payroll Tax Audits? (Video)

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Virtual And Digital Health Digest

Worldwide Healthcare

AP

Arnold & Porter

Littler Lounge: Just Cause For A Chat About Corrective Actions (Podcast)

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

UN Lifts Embargo On Unanswered Interventions To Biden State Department, Nooksack Tribe

Today, the United Nations lifted the embargo on companion November 29, 2024 communications to the Biden Administration's State Department and the Nooksack Tribe.

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

NCAI Formed A Tribal Citizenship Protection Task Force To Prepare For This Moment. But Then Killed It

According to its proposed "Charge," the Task Force was to "[e]valuate and monitor external political and legal threats to Tribal citizenship" and "undertake...work as necessary to help NCAI defend against emerging threats to Tribal citizenship."

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Indigenous Populism Confronts Federal Indian Elitism

Last Tuesday, the American people roundly rejected federal political elitism. It appears typically Democratic-voting Indigenous people joined those who rejected the liberal worldview of Washington, DC elites.

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Believe It: Indigenous Americans Shifted Rightward, Voted Trump

On November 5th, typically Democratic-voting Indigenous people joined those who rejected the liberal worldview of Washington, DC elites.

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

United Nations Further Intervenes At Nooksack, Interior Secretary Faces Human Rights Criticism

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: The Intersection Of Intellectual Property And Indigenous Rights

United States Government

CL

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Leaders In Law: Tommy Beaudreau On Natural Resources And Tribal Lands (Podcast)

United States Energy

W

WilmerHale

Blazing A Trail: Native American Women In The Law

United States Commercial

LD

Lincoln Derr PLLC

Cadwalader Climate

United States Environment

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Preparing For CS3D: Early Lessons From France

United States Commercial

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

WIPO Member States Approve New Treaty On Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge

United States Government

OB

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

NAGPRA – 2024 Revamped Rule Strengthens Process For Museums And Universities To Heal Prior Inequities And Rebuild Tribal Relationships

United States Government

TS

Taft Stettinius & Hollister

The Xochitl Phenomenon

United States Government

CC

Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton

Taskforce On Nature-Related Disclosures Publishes Final Recommendations

United States Environment

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

WIPO Member States Approve New Treaty On Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge

On May 24, 2024, the WIPO member states approved a new treaty titled, "TREATY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE."

United States Government

OB

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

NAGPRA – 2024 Revamped Rule Strengthens Process For Museums And Universities To Heal Prior Inequities And Rebuild Tribal Relationships

NAGPRA is an important law that helps us heal from some of the more painful times in our past by empowering Tribes to protect what is sacred to them...

United States Government

TS

Taft Stettinius & Hollister

The Xochitl Phenomenon

From now until the end of 2024, the central issue in Mexico will be politics. On June 2, 2024, elections will be held in Mexico.

United States Government

CC

Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton

Taskforce On Nature-Related Disclosures Publishes Final Recommendations

On September 18, 2023, following a two-year development process, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its final recommendations (the Recommendations)...

United States Environment

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

To Transition To Renewables, Enviros May Have To Become Imperialists

United States Energy

FG

Flaster Greenberg PC

Psychedelic Drugs – Easing The Regulatory Hurdles For Development

Congress recently introduced a bill that could expand access to therapeutic psychedelics that are designated as Breakthrough Therapies. These products are potentially useful in treating...

United States Healthcare

FL

Foley & Lardner

Rulemaking To Update Land-Into-Trust Process For Tribes And Individual Indians

On December 5, 2022, the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published proposed revisions to 25 C.F.R. Part 151—the regulations governing the United States' discretionary acquisition...

United States Government

W

WilmerHale

Celebrating Native American History Month: Indigenous Fashion Designers

As our society leans into fast fashion, these overlooked indigenous designers are pushing against the industry to shift consumer focus to appreciate fashion as wearable art.

United States Commercial

CL

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

ESG Weekly Update – August 12, 2022

On July 25, 2022, the EU adopted the long awaited set of regulatory technical standards (RTS) in a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Worldwide Environment

DP

Debevoise & Plimpton

California Energy Commission Releases Milestone Offshore Wind Energy Report And Sets Maximum Feasible Capacity And Megawatt Planning Goals For 2030 And 2045

United States Energy

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

ESG Weekly Update – August 3, 2022

Worldwide Environment

DP

Debevoise & Plimpton

ESG Weekly Update – June 1, 2022

United States Commercial

DP

Debevoise & Plimpton

USDA's Equity Action Plan Commits To Expanding Tribal Self-Determination Policies

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Native Farm Bill Coalition Relaunches Advocacy For Indian Country's 2023 Farm Bill Priorities

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

PASH: No One Legacy For Hawai‘i Land Use And Shoreline Public Access

United States Environment

CS

Cades Schutte LLP

Happy Indigenous Heritage Month 2021

United States Government

PC

Pryor Cashman LLP

Missing White Girl Syndrome' Continues To Plague Us

United States Government

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Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Permanent Improvements On Tribal Lands Categorically Preempted From State Property Tax

United States Tax

LR

Lewis Roca

Eligible Households On Tribal Lands Can Enroll In FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

United States Media & IT

HK

Holland & Knight

Tribal Governments: Notice Of Intent To Use Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Money Due By June 9

United States Coronavirus

HK

Holland & Knight

Updated Equator Principles Include Additional ESG Due Diligence Requirements

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Cabinet Appointee: Department Of The Interior

United States Government

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Diversity Speaker Series

Worldwide Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

La Reforma A La Constitución Establece El Derecho A La Salud Y Los Programas Sociales En México

United States Employment

HK

Holland & Knight

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