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KProfsBlog<p>Interesting case from last year about the enforceability of waivers by municipalities in Texas. The rules that distinguish “government" functions, subject to immunity, and “proprietary” functions are confusing, but waivers must be in writing.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/municipalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>municipalities</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/waivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waivers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TobyKeith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TobyKeith</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/02/alleged-oral-agreement-regarding-toby-keith-does-not-waive-immunity.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/02/alleged-oral-agreement-regarding-toby-keith-does-not-waive-immunity.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That’s the highest frequency associated w/any of the tribes doing business in this sector of the payday <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loan</span></a> industry. And it translates to an estimated 4,800 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> cases, on avg, per year.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> also found that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LDF</span></a>’s various companies have racked up &gt;2,200 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> complaints that were routed to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> since 2019 — more than any other tribe in recent years.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opportunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Although they borrowed small sums online from a slew of businesses w/catchy names — such as Loan at Last or Sky Trail Cash — their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> stemmed from the same massive operation owned by a small <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tribe</span></a> in a remote part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>.</p><p>Over the past decade, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LacDuFlambeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LacDuFlambeau</span></a> Band of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LakeSuperior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeSuperior</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chippewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chippewa</span></a> …have…become a prominent player in the tribal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lending</span></a> industry, generating far-reaching impact &amp; leaving a legacy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/despair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>despair</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> Tribe Built a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lending</span></a> Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LacDuFlambeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LacDuFlambeau</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LDF</span></a>] tribe is at the center of a $1B <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PredatoryLending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryLending</span></a> practices.</p><p>In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> filings &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opportunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-lac-du-flambeau-tribe-predatory-lending-lawsuit-sovereign-immunity" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/wiscons</span><span class="invisible">in-lac-du-flambeau-tribe-predatory-lending-lawsuit-sovereign-immunity</span></a></p>
Mufasa<p>Saudi officials do big business with Donald <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and other high-profile Americans, but they aren't always forthcoming about details of those relationships. A ruling in a federal court case involving a Saudi-owned golf tour upstart could change that.</p><p><a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/TrumpGolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpGolf</span></a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-golf-pga-liv-trump-lawsuit-edcd86df5ff12fa067505afd98b18a84" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/saudi-arabi</span><span class="invisible">a-golf-pga-liv-trump-lawsuit-edcd86df5ff12fa067505afd98b18a84</span></a></p>
Haley S. Anderson<p>Incredibly helpful resource from John Coyle, Bill Dodge, and Aaron Simowitz at Transnational Litigation Blog:</p><p>A roundup of US judicial decisions in 2022 dealing with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChoiceOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChoiceOfLaw</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Extraterritoriality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extraterritoriality</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> litigation in US courts, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SovereignImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignImmunity</span></a>, foreign official immunity, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ActOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActOfState</span></a> doctrine, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersonalJurisdiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalJurisdiction</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ServiceOfProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceOfProcess</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ForumNonConveniens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForumNonConveniens</span></a>, and recognition and enforcement of judgments. </p><p>I'll be putting it to good use today!</p><p><a href="https://tlblog.org/choice-of-law-in-the-american-courts-in-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tlblog.org/choice-of-law-in-th</span><span class="invisible">e-american-courts-in-2022/</span></a></p>
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