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Vegas Inc presents 2022 Top Lawyers

Vegas Inc presents 2022 Top Lawyers

The 2022 Top Lawyers list represents the best in our community, as recommended by their peers, clients, and colleagues.

Pro-choice advocates rally for rights at Las Vegas courthouse

Abortion rights advocates protest a possible decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Federal Courthouse in Downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Shanzeh Aslam thought she had met her prince charming nine years ago. Because she had limited health insurance and didn’t want to take hormonal birth control, she got pregnant. Then her partner became abusive. She was able to terminate that pregnancy, “leave ...

Copperfield trick participant loses appeal in injury lawsuit

llusionist David Copperfield appears in court in Las Vegas on April 24, 2018. The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren't financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013.

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand hotel-casino were not financially responsible for a British tourist’s ...

Nevada casino to pay $8M for serving chemicals, not beer

A jury in Las Vegas has awarded $8 million to a middle school special education teacher who sued after being permanently injured when he was served cleaning solvents instead of ...

Thousands of Nevadans share in student loan abuse settlement

Thousands of Nevadans will share in a big settlement 39 state attorneys general negotiated with a major student loan collecting company accused of abusive ...

Woman sues over slot game payout; 13 others make same claim

This Nov. 12, 2021, photo shows a screen shot of a demonstration version of the Capital Gains online slot game.

A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game, claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the ...

Evel Knievel's son loses Disney Duke Caboom trademark case

In this Sept. 8, 1974, file photo, Evel Knievel sits in the steam-powered rocket motorcycle he had hoped would take him across Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho.

A judge dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Evel Knievel’s son a year ago against the Walt Disney Co. and movie company Pixar over a “Toy Story 4” daredevil character named Duke Caboom. “We’re obviously disappointed,” Kelly Knievel said in a Monday email. “We are considering ...

Nevada rejects $26B multistate opioid pact, to seek own deal

Nevada has joined a small number of states rejecting a $26 billion multistate settlement reached last month with an opioid drug maker and distributors, and will seek separate compensation for ...

Clark County joins travel firms' taxes fight

A view of Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.

The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be be hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies. A lawsuit by Clark County echoes claims raised last year by ...

Vegas Inc presents 2021 Top Lawyers

Vegas Inc presents 2021 Top Lawyers

This prestigious list details a comprehensive catalog of the most prominent and impressive lawyers, organized by areas of law—a thorough resource for anyone looking for legal assistance.

Introducing Vegas Inc’s 2020 Top Lawyers

Introducing Vegas Inc’s 2020 Top Lawyers

There are thousands of practicing attorneys across the Las Vegas Valley. Where should you begin when you need legal help? Vegas Inc’s Top Lawyers is a great start.

Wynn Resorts files lawsuit over ‘melee’ at Strip casino

An exterior view of the Encore hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

Wynn Resorts is punching back following what the company described as a melee at its Encore casino over Labor Day weekend. Wynn is suing 15 to 20 unnamed people involved in a fight in the resort lobby, according to a lawsuit filed today in ...

Trump campaign asks U.S. judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law

In this June 9, 2020, file photo, election workers staff one of a few in-person voting places in Las Vegas during a nearly all-mail primary election.

Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign are urging a federal judge in Las Vegas to block a state law and prevent mail-in ballots from going to all active Nevada voters less than eight weeks before the Nov. 3 elections and amid ...

Democrats seek to intervene in Nevada mail-in voting lawsuit

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington.

National and Nevada Democrats are seeking to join a lawsuit President Donald Trump's reelection campaign filed to challenge a new law sending ballots to ...

Businesses get liability protection from virus-related lawsuits

Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City.

On the last day of the special legislative session, Nevada lawmakers passed a bill providing businesses with liability protection from coronavirus-related lawsuits. Lawmakers added ...