Legal

Ruvo's Southern Wine prevails in lengthy legal fight over wine sales

Larry Ruvo finishes a day of work in his office at Southern Wine & Spirits of Nevada in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.

Larry Ruvo has something to toast to. His decade-long legal crusade is coming to a close in his favor.

20 June 2013
By Bethany Barnes

Principles are worth the time, cost it takes to wage the fight

Where’s my lawyer? It turns out that my dear friend Larry Ruvo and I share the same lawyer. Normally, that wouldn’t cause a problem because one thing we learn in law school — yes, I did that a lifetime ago — is to multitask.

18 June 2013
By Brian Greenspun

More turmoil for Bonaventura: Deputy constable alleges sexual harassment in suit

Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura

Nearly a year after she was terminated from her job with the Las Vegas Township Constable’s Office, former Deputy Constable Kristy Henderson is fighting back with a lawsuit.

14 June 2013
By Conor Shine

Mother continues legal crusade for son killed in 2007 construction death

Debi Fergen touches a photo of her son, Travis Koehler, who died in a 2007 accident at the Orleans, during a public forum on worker safety in 2009.

More than six years after her son’s death at a hotel construction site, Debi Koehler still is hoping for justice. Her hope stems from a ruling Friday in a lawsuit that aims to hold Boyd Gaming Corp. responsible for the death of two maintenance workers in 2007 is moving forward despite the company’s latest attempt to have the case dismissed. Clark County District Judge Gloria Sturman denied Boyd’s motion for summary judgment, noting several times the facts of the case were egregious and compelling.

13 June 2013
By Bethany Barnes

Lead plaintiff in patient-dumping lawsuit to governor: 'We’re not supposed to be treated that way '

A former patient of the state-operated Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital who was put on a bus for a one-way trip to Sacramento, Calif., where he had no family or friends, said he wanted Gov. Brian Sandoval to walk – or ride – in his shoes. James Flavy Coy Brown, 48, is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed the suit on behalf of Brown and others against the state of Nevada challenging an alleged state policy of pushing psychiatric patients on to other states.

12 June 2013
By Bethany Barnes

What employees should know about sexual harassment

Michael Balaban, a Southern Nevada employment attorney specializing in sexual harassment lawsuits, is seen Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Michael Balaban runs a small law practice that focuses exclusively on employment and business law. He handles cases involving worker discrimination, wrongful termination and sexual harassment. Balaban spoke about sexual harassment cases from the employee perspective.

10 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

What employers should know about sexual harassment

Malani Kotchka, a shareholder at Lionel Sawyer Collins, has worked on behalf of companies involved in labor cases for 35 years. She spoke about sexual harassment cases from the employer perspective.

10 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Sex and power: Are sexual harassment lawsuits more common in Las Vegas?

Showgirls pose with guests during the New Years Eve party at the Fremont Street Experience Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.

Las Vegas ranks slightly above the national average for sexual harassment cases, according to local employment law attorneys. But there also are more unreported incidents of harassment here, they said, because Las Vegas’ sex-heavy environment is considered the norm by most valley residents.

10 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

After hearing, Nevada Supreme Court weighing decisions on Harmon Hotel's fate

The Harmon at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.

Nevada Supreme Court justices will have their say in litigation involving the flawed Harmon Hotel tower, even before the case goes to trial in Clark County District Court.

4 June 2013
By Bethany Barnes

California lawyer's Las Vegas party costs nearly $100,000, time in jail and civil suit

California lawyer Robert Pearman was given the chance to allow his Las Vegas transgressions to stay in Las Vegas, but he declined. Now Pearman, 45, is facing charges of malicious destruction of property at Encore.

4 June 2013
By Tovin Lapan

Nevada high court to hear arguments on Harmon demolition

The Harmon at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.

The fate of a flawed hotel at the glittery CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip will be argued before the Nevada Supreme Court.

4 June 2013
Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Two businessmen who say they lost $100 million over defamation lose appeal

The Nevada Supreme Court Thursday rejected the appeal of two men who claim in their Las Vegas suit they lost more than $100 million because of defamatory statements made by a national accounting firm.

30 May 2013
By Cy Ryan

Nevada justices say courts at all levels must have power to run their own offices

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that courts have the inherent authority to manage their own offices under the separation of powers doctrine.

30 May 2013
By Cy Ryan

Las Vegas woman pleads guilty to faking accidents for money

A 48-year-old Las Vegas woman who prosecutors say staged accidents in businesses and then collected insurance payouts for her supposed injuries has pleaded guilty to fraud.

30 May 2013
Associated Press

Judge instructs Las Vegas Sands to pay businessman $102 million

Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen is shown during a courtroom break at the Regional Justice Center Thursday, April 4, 2013. Suen is suing the Las Vegas Sands saying he is owed millions of dollars in an agreement in which he helped Sands secure its gaming license in Macau a decade ago.

A Las Vegas judge affirmed a $70 million verdict against Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Tuesday and tacked on another $31.6 million in interest.

29 May 2013
Associated Press
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