Year: 2022

Hobbs Straus Celebrates 40 Years of Promoting and Defending Tribal Rights On November 12, 2022, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP held a firm-wide gathering to celebrate the Firm’s 40th anniversary and reflect on the Firm’s history and work ahead. The gathering included current attorneys and staff from our offices around the country, including founding…

On August 18, 2022, the American Bar Association filed a brief in Haaland v. Brackeen, No. 21-376, in support of the Federal Government and Intervening Tribes to defend the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.  The brief was coauthored by Geoff Strommer, Caroline Mayhew, Katie Klass, Gregory Smith, and Rick Frye in collaboration with…

Joe Webster will be participating in a sports betting panel discussion on April 28, 2022, at the IMGL 2022 Spring Conference in Seattle, WA.  The panel is called:  Unraveling the Technology Gordian Knot Hanging Over Indian Country: Innovations for Mobile Tribal Gaming Operations Arising from the Interplay Between the Wire Act, IGRA and UIGEA. https://www.imgl.org/conferences/spring/overview/2022

Joe Webster will be participating in a sports betting panel discussion at the National Indian Gaming Association 2022 Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Conference on April 20, 2022, in Anaheim, CA.  The panel is called:  The Many Faces of Sports Betting In Indian Country.  https://www.indiangamingtradeshow.com/510/indian-gaming-tradeshow-home.htm