Legal

Passengers who fled plane fire in Las Vegas file lawsuit

Firefighters stand by a British Airways plane that caught fire Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at McCarran International Airport. An engine on the plane caught fire before takeoff, forcing passengers to escape on emergency slides.

Passengers who ran from a British Airways flight that caught fire in September before takeoff in Las Vegas are suing the plane's manufacturer and the maker of the engines. London-based Stewarts Law said Friday ...

When it comes to law firms, what’s in a name?

Before hiring a law firm, consumers may make value judgments based solely on the letterhead. The State Bar of Nevada regulates names of law firms, but the rules don’t cover every possibility. Some clients have discovered that they haven’t received the representation the firm’s name might lead them to expect.

The Notes: Law Quarterly, Nov. 15-21

In the Notes: Robin Perkins, Cynthia Alexander, Karl Riley, David Johnson, Samuel Schwartz, Frank Flansburg III, Vincent Savarese III, the Southern Nevada attorneys who made the list of the Best Lawyers in America for 2016 ...

Party like your lawyer, not like a rock star

Businesses should not lose sight of regulations that to apply to company-sponsored events, even social functions. Company officials should plan each holiday party in detail.

Trump lawsuit aims to set record straight on where he slept in Las Vegas

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a statement during his speech in Mystere at Treasure Island during another campaign stop in Las Vegas on Thursday, October 08, 2015.

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump is suing over where he slept during a recent Las Vegas campaign stop. Trump's companies that own the ...

Nevada fights against ACLU suit over voucher-like program

Nevada is fighting back against a lawsuit that could dismantle the state's sweeping new school choice program, saying the program is neutral on religion even if parents can apply public funds to parochial schools. The Nevada Attorney General's Office filed a ...

Court orders Las Vegas company to pay Oracle $50 million in copyright case

Oracle, a Silicon Valley software giant, was seeking $245.9 million in damages from Rimini Street. The company plans to continue its litigation with Rimini Street, seeking an injunction against the Las Vegas firm and ...

State OKs $400,000 to settle patient dumping suit from Calif.

Nevada officials have approved paying $400,000 to San Francisco to settle allegations that psychiatric patients were wrongly bused to California. The Nevada Board of Examiners approved the payment Tuesday. It still needs to be approved by ...

Harry Reid files suit against exercise companies over eye injury

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, 75, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, for the first time since he suffered an eye injury and broken ribs on New Year's Day accident while exercising at his home in Henderson.

Less than a year after suffering an eye injury while exercising with an elastic band, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is suing the three exercise companies that manufacture the ...

Courtroom showdown pits Oracle against Las Vegas tech firm

The long-term health of Rimini Street hinges on an outcome that chief information officers across the technology industry will be watching closely.

MGM Resorts sued by ex-wellness coach company

All is not well at MGM Resorts according to a federal lawsuit from a wellness coach firm that says the casino company breached its contract to hire a cheaper vendor that attempted to steal away its coaches and trade secrets. Wellness Coaches USA had ...

Casa de Shenandoah shines amid stars; Piff parlays ‘AGT’ run into headlining gig

Wayne Newton at his home Casa de Shenandoah on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas.

The Wayne Newton museum is now open, and the VIP party Thursday drew an impressive and wide-ranging collection of Las Vegas name-checks. Carrot Top; Lance Burton; Clint Holmes and Kelly Clinton-Holmes; Sabrina Bryan; Melody Sweets of “Absinthe”; Mark Shunock, Troy Burgess and Robert Torti of “Rock of Ages”; Jennifer Cox; Chippendales guest host Tyson Beckford; and ...

Sands China recruits Alan Dershowitz for lawsuit appeal

Alan Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School, sits in a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, April 11, 2011.

Lawyers for Sands China Ltd. are relying on well-known attorney Alan Dershowitz in arguing for the dismissal of a wrongful termination lawsuit being pursued against the company in ...

Nevada Supreme Court to hear lawmaker’s defamation lawsuit

Can a politician make a false statement about his opponent in an election campaign and then claim freedom of speech when hit with a defamation suit? The Nevada Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday ...

People on the Move: Aug. 16-22

In the People: Alexis Michaud, Dustun Holmes, Mahna Pourshaban, Jeff Silver, Kristina Weller, Michael Whittaker, V.R. Bohman, Daniel Ivie, Robert Schaffer and more ...