Earlier this month, the State of California (the State) and Governor Gavin Newsom filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to vacate the Department of the Interior’s (the...more
In a pivotal decision with significant implications for tribal sovereignty and cannabis regulation, a Minnesota judge recently ruled the state may criminally prosecute tribal members for cannabis-related offenses occurring on...more
The Alaska Supreme Court recently affirmed and expanded Tribal sovereignty in Ito v. Copper River Native Association, issued on April 26, 2024, in which the court adopted a new multi-factor inquiry to determine whether an...more
School may be out for the summer, but public colleges and universities would do well to spend their break shoring up strategies and defenses against potential inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings. Last week the Federal...more
REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF MINN. v. LSI CORPORATION - Before Dyk, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: State sovereign immunity does not apply to IPR proceedings asserted against...more