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ROYAL OAK, Mich./LAS VEGAS, NV, October 20, 2020 – Howard & Howard attorney Jennifer Carleton is sharing her significant experience in gaming and Native American/Indian Gaming Law as an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law. Carleton is teaching an online course this semester entitled “Special Topics: Indian Gaming Law.”

The class, offered for the first time at Boyd School of Law, will explore numerous legal issues involved in the operation of tribal gaming facilities in the U.S. It also examines the background and history of tribal gaming in North America; the provisions and application of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); and the powers of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). In addition, the course will address some of the major issues currently impacting the Indian gaming industry, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the growth of online gaming, and the addition of sports betting.

McDonald Hopkins is proud to congratulate McDonald Hopkins Senior Of Counsel R. Jeffrey Pollock on being named the 2020 recipient of The Ramey Award for Distinguished Community Service by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.

The award is given each year to an Ohio attorney whose career has been exemplified by dedication to public and community service, integrity, honor, courtesy, and professionalism. Read more…

McDonald Hopkins Litigation Finance Co-Chair Marc Carmel was quoted in Law360’s October 16 article entitled “Burford’s NYSE Launch Presages ‘Securitized’ Case Financing.”

The article by Law360’s Andrew Strickler includes some great insight into litigation finance.

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Wilmington, DE (October 5, 2020) – Connolly Gallagher is pleased to announce that Shaun Michael Kelly has re-joined the firm as a partner in Connolly Gallagher’s Delaware Business, Commercial, and Corporate Litigation group.  He joins us from the Delaware Department of Justice where he most recently served as the Director of Consumer Protection and previously worked as a Deputy Attorney General in the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division’s Consumer Protection Unit (“CPU”).  Shaun began his career as an associate at a prestigious Delaware law firm, and he worked previously as an attorney in Connolly Gallagher’s Delaware Business, Commercial, and Corporate Litigation group.  Both at Connolly Gallagher and elsewhere, Shaun has advised large and mid-size business clients in a variety corporate and commercial litigation matters.  Shaun has litigated a variety of disputes in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, including disputes related to books and records, business divorce, reformation, breach of fiduciary duty, and corporate control.  Shaun has also litigated a number of disputes in the Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division (“CCLD”), including complex contractual disputes.