The Nevada Supreme Court has suspended Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph Goldberg after he pleaded guilty to one count of trying to avoid federal income taxes.
29 April 2013
By Cy Ryan
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the petition of Dipak Desai to suspend his Las Vegas murder trial to hold a hearing whether he is competent to stand trial.
29 April 2013
By Cy Ryan
It’s easy to see why Las Vegas lawyer John Moran Jr. refers to his office as “the war room.” Not only are there neatly stacked piles of documents on his desk — some involving his law clients, some for his work with the Nevada Gaming Commission — there are real shotguns and rifles from past hunts mounted on the walls. But the room is more than a work or play space. It’s an informal shrine to Las Vegas’ history.
26 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
A New Orleans lawyer accused of a mortgage scheme that hit victims with more than $50 million in losses was convicted on Thursday on counts of conspiracy and fraud.
15 April 2013
By William D'Urso
When it comes to at least one dispute over loans doled out from one lover to another, there is no quit in the Clark County District Attorney’s Office.
13 April 2013
By Tovin Lapan
Gov. Brian Sandoval's general counsel and policy director Lucas Foletta resigned today. He is the latest in a string of top staff departures from Sandoval's office.
12 April 2013
By Anjeanette Damon
A sister of Sun Publisher and Editor Brian Greenspun is suing him for defaulting on a $2 million loan, court records show.
11 April 2013
By Brian Nordli
A Nevada jury has ordered the state's largest health management organization to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak.
9 April 2013
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson changed his story. Appearing more subdued Monday than he did last week, Adelson admitted that he altered his testimony from what he told jurors five years ago, when they sided with Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen.
8 April 2013
By Ron Sylvester
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson looked relaxed. His arm was slung over the back of the courtroom witness chair with the cozy demeanor of a guest on an afternoon talk show. He was dressed impeccably in a gray business suit, blue shirt and red-and-white tie, but the look on his face was purely personal, a grandfather telling a story.
8 April 2013
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
In his second day of testimony, Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson sparred with the attorney of Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen, who says Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. owes him $328 million.
5 April 2013
By Ed Komenda
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s “infamous crime against nature” statute with the National ACLU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and AIDS Project.
3 April 2013
By Brian Nordli
Are teacher email addresses a matter of public record? That's the question at the crux of Nevada Policy Research Institute's latest lawsuit against the Clark County School District. The lawsuit was filed Thursday morning.
28 March 2013
By Paul Takahashi
Structural experts for CityCenter are scheduled as early as Thursday to begin chipping away at sections of concrete in the 26-story unfinished tower on the Las Vegas Strip. They'll be searching for evidence of construction defects they hope to present to a jury this summer. MGM Resorts International, which owns half of CityCenter, seeks to prove flaws that halted construction on the $275 million Harmon four years ago were the fault of its former general contractor.
27 March 2013
By Ron Sylvester
Criminal suspects who are poor may be held in jail in rural Nevada counties for weeks or even months before they are able to talk to a defense lawyer, a study says.
22 March 2013
By Cy Ryan
