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• Origin of the Trust Relationship Between the United States and Indian Tribes ( September 2000 )
  Daniel W. Long of Modrall Sperling

  The trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes will be a factor in most, if not all, transactions involving Indian tribes. The origins of the trust relationship and the standard of care applicable to the federal government as trustee are crucial to understanding how the federal government will act in furtherance of the trust relationship.

• The Federal Trust Responsibility In A Self-Determination Era ( May 1999 )
  Lynn H. Slade of Modrall Sperling

  The Federal government's trust responsibility towards Indian lands and resources is multi-faceted. The trust doctrine's role in defining tribes' claims against the United States for taking or badly managing tribal lands has been the focus of much discussion.

• Indian Lands ( January 1999 )
  Douglas Roger Nash of University of Idaho School of Law, Staff Access

  The examination of Indian lands is really a study of history, international law and governmental policy. It is perhaps best summarized and traced in its chronological development, primarily in federal statutes. Indian land ownership is complex and unique and has, to a significant degree, its own terminology and terms of art. This summary provides an overview of development of the law affecting Indian Lands.

• An Update on European Competition Law ( January 2001 )
  Diane Kay Wilson of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

  The year 2000 was one of change in European competition law, and there is more on the horizon. Changes in the regim.

• The E Visa Option for Foreign-Owned Employers ( September 1999 )
  Dan E. White and Anton F. Mertens of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  This alert discusses how foreign owned companies doing in the United States may benefit from the E-Visa and how this category may be a good alternative to the H-Visa.

• Treaty-Trader and Treaty-Investor Visas (E-1/E-2) ( March 2000 )
  Linda F. Kaplan

  E-1 AND E-2 VISAS Treaties between United States and many countries allow foreign persons to come to the United S.

• U.S. Tax Considerations for International Medical Students and Physicians ( June 1999 )
  Paula N. Singer of Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, LLP

  I. Introduction A. The U.S. tax federal tax laws are the most complex body of law in the world. The t.

• U.S. Taxation of Foreign Students and Scholars ( June 1999 )
  Paula N. Singer of Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, LLP

  Introduction The tax rules related to payments to foreign national students and scholars are among the mos.