Legal

Harry Reid due to testify in exercise device lawsuit

Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, second from left, sits in court Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Las Vegas.

Attorneys say former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is due to testify Thursday in his negligence lawsuit against the maker of the exercise device TheraBand. Product chief Allison Ryan of ...

Jury to hear Reid damages trial against exercise band maker

Harry Reid, the former Senate Democratic leader from Nevada, pays a visit March 21, 2018, to Capitol Hill in Washington.

A jury in Nevada was due to hear opening arguments Tuesday in former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's lawsuit against the maker of a flexible exercise band that he says slipped from ...

Former state AG Adam Laxalt joins conservative law firm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt speaks during his Primary Eve campaign event, Monday, Jun 11, 2018.

Adam Laxalt, the former Nevada attorney general and 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate, has joined Cooper and Kirk, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm with a ...

California sues over abortion rule; Nevada to follow

California and 20 other Democratic-led states announced they were challenging the Trump administration's effort to ...

Federal lawsuit seeks to ban legal prostitution in Nevada

A Texas woman who says she was forced into prostitution at a legal Nevada brothel has filed a lawsuit seeking to outlaw all bordellos in the state under a century old U.S. law prohibiting the ...

Metro Police paying $500,000 to settle stun gun death case

Metro Police have agreed to pay $500,000 to the 79-year-old mother of a man whose 2011 death in police custody spurred changes in the department's policy on the ...

Golden Knights, U.S. Army reach agreement to end trademark dispute

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) makes a save during the second period in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena Thursday, June 7, 2018.

The Vegas Golden Knights’ long trademark battle with the U.S. Army has finally come to an end, the team announced today. Team Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Foley announced that the sides ...

East Bay officials may sue NFL, Raiders over team’s Las Vegas move

Oakland Raiders fans in the Black Hole cheer during the first quarter of their NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.

The Oakland City Council and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors are in talks with a pair of out-of-town law firms looking to sue the NFL and the Raiders for upward of $500 million over the ...

Clark County to file opioid lawsuit against big pharma

Hydrocodone-acetaminophen pills, also known as Vicodin, are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.

Clark County commissioners voted unanimously today to sue major pharmaceutical companies for their role in creating the opioid epidemic. District Attorney Steve Wolfson will work with Las Vegas-based law firm Eglet Prince on the ...

Lawsuit seeks to strike down Nevada's recall election laws

A federal lawsuit challenging petitions to recall three Nevada state senators in districts with significant Hispanic and African-American populations alleges the effort is an unconstitutional attempt to replace ...

Victim files lawsuit in Las Vegas shooting

A 21-year-old woman wounded in the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting has filed a lawsuit against several entities with connections to the tragedy. Paige Gasper, a California college student, was struck by a bullet during ...

Hearing for brothel owner set for May 17

>A show cause hearing has been set for May 17 to address a pair of code violations involving six prostitutes at one of Dennis Hof’s Nye County brothels. ...

Indictment of ‘Vegas Dave’ illustrates how casinos use Social Security numbers

Using the wrong Social Security number in a casino can cost you millions of dollars and land you in jail as one professional sports bettor is finding out ...

Death penalty’s future debated before Assembly committee

The viewing room looks into the execution chamber at Ely State Prison, Nov. 10, 2016. Nevada hasn't carried out an execution since 2006.

Family members of murder victims shared often emotional testimony about the importance of punishing offenders with sufficient sentences, while one mother ...

Serial litigants sue Harrah's over ADA issues

A view of Harrah's Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip Friday, March 13, 2015.

A disabled person with a history of suing businesses in Las Vegas has filed an Americans with Disability Act lawsuit against Harrah’s Las Vegas. ...