Month: March 2013
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A NO-NO: TRIBAL SOVEREIGN CLAUSE OMITTED
The owner of California Parking Services had already pled guilty to bribing the tribal chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians with $50,000 in order to secure a valet parking contract at the Soboba Casino in March 2007. Now, the company has also lost its appeal in a civil case (California Parking Services Inc.…
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It’s About Sovereignty, Not the Payday Loan Industry
In previous blogs, I’ve emphasized that the right of federally recognized tribes – sovereign nations – to pursue economic development has been assured through court decisions, congressional legislation, treaties, etc. And because of this right, tribes and associations representing tribes have made their right to do business with payday loan companies a sovereignty issue, not…