Slowly but surely, the Clark County Commission is moving toward changes that will alter the way newsracks – including those holding leaflets advertising “Girls, Girls, Girls” – are displayed on the Las Vegas Strip.
9 September 2012
By Joe Schoenmann
In a rare case of public judicial infighting, federal District Judge Robert C. Jones of Reno says he resents the personal attack on him by an appeals court judge.
6 September 2012
By Cy Ryan
Dissident Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada on Wednesday identified two of his proposed independent nominees to the Wynn board – nominations that are subject to a judge restoring his rights as a shareholder.
6 September 2012
By Steve Green
Shooting range owners who painted a sign into the side of a hill facing Boulder City are asking Clark County commissioners to reconsider and allow the signage to stand.
6 September 2012
By Joe Schoenmann
The wife and daughters of Dipak Desai, the high-profile physician facing a murder charge in connection with a hepatitis C scare that rocked Southern Nevada about four years ago, are being taken to court.
5 September 2012
By Dave Toplikar
A sexual harassment lawsuit against a restaurant at Mandalay Bay has been settled, but now the business faces a new legal headache in the form of a suit over employees’ wages.
28 August 2012
By Steve Green
Wayne Newton’s wealthy Texas business partners told a Clark County District Court judge today that they no longer can have a working relationship with the longtime Las Vegas entertainer.
28 August 2012
By Dave Toplikar
It was the $1 billion question Saturday: What does Apple Inc.'s victory in an epic patent dispute over its fiercest rival mean for the U.S. smartphone industry?
26 August 2012
By Paul Elias, Associated Press
Former Deputy Constable Ray Jacoby is suing Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura and Clark County, claiming his free speech and due-process rights were violated when he was suspended without a hearing for on-duty profanity, then fired after he filed a complaint.
23 August 2012
By Joe Schoenmann
Wynn Resorts board member Kazuo Okada was ordered Tuesday to pay the company $148,583 in legal fees after a judge found he improperly tried to litigate a dispute in federal court.
21 August 2012
By Steve Green
A federal judge in Las Vegas is no longer presiding over a former nightclub owner's tax evasion case after questions were raised about potential ties between the judge's family and the defendant.
21 August 2012
By Steve Green
A woman says she spent $78,000 with a Clark County matchmaking service seeking a European dream date but ended up with only four duds.
20 August 2012
By Dave Toplikar
With no physical evidence tying Drew Peterson to the death of his third wife and so much of the case hinging on what she said before she died and what his next wife said before she vanished, it was a certainty that his trial would be unlike anything ever seen in Illinois and perhaps in the country. But nobody expected what unfolded in the first three weeks of the trial: prosecutors made a series of blunders that prompted the judge to consider at least three defense motions for a mistrial and has some legal experts wondering just how much trust ...
18 August 2012
By Don Babwin, Associated Press
A constable’s deputy who filed a retaliation and religious discrimination complaint Monday against the Las Vegas Township Constable was fired Thursday morning. Deputy Ray Jacoby's termination only bolsters his contention that Constable John Bonaventura was retaliating when Jacoby was informed last week he was under investigation for violating policy, said Ben Scroggins, a former federal public defender who is representing Jacoby.
17 August 2012
By Joe Schoenmann
A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against University Medical Center by three respiratory therapists who claim the hospital owes them compensation for the last three years for regularly deducting 30 minutes each day for meal breaks — even though they couldn’t take meal breaks.
16 August 2012
By Dave Toplikar
